# X-Pack LDAP and not using X-Pack

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-ldap-and-not-using-x-pack/86005>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 16, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-ldap-and-not-using-x-pack/86005 "2017-05-16T19:39:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![sayeeguru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sayeeguru/32/60798_2.png) [@sayeeguru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sayeeguru)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-ldap-and-not-using-x-pack/86005/1 "2017-05-16T19:39:38Z")

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hi, since there is an API to do LDAP integration to ElasticSearch, can you please help me to understand why i need to purchase x-pack?

thanks  
Sayee

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-ldap-and-not-using-x-pack/86005/2 "2017-05-16T21:07:02Z")

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Which API are you talking about?

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**Author:** ![sayeeguru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sayeeguru/32/60798_2.png) [@sayeeguru](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sayeeguru)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-ldap-and-not-using-x-pack/86005/3 "2017-05-16T21:28:25Z")

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[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/\_using\_elasticsearch\_http\_rest\_clients\_with\_shield.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/_using_elasticsearch_http_rest_clients_with_shield.html)  
I think i was reading this doc and looks like this is replaced by x-pack, correct?  
If I did not install x-pack, is there any plugin to integrate with LDAP or other authentication?

thanks for quick response!

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-ldap-and-not-using-x-pack/86005/4 "2017-05-17T00:31:17Z")

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> [@sayeeguru](#):
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> If I did not install x-pack, is there any plugin to integrate with LDAP or other authentication?

Elasticsearch (on its own) does not have support for any form of authentication.  
If you need security features, they are provided as part of X-Pack.

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**Author:** ![tatdat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tatdat/32/113160_2.png) [@tatdat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tatdat)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-ldap-and-not-using-x-pack/86005/5 "2017-05-18T14:28:34Z")

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> [@sayeeguru](#):
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> there any plugin to integrate with LDAP or other auth

U can use nginx-ldap-authen (search in github) but this module usefull for authention with kibana, not authen with data like indices ...

Or another option, use [https://github.com/sscarduzio/elasticsearch-readonlyrest-plugin](https://github.com/sscarduzio/elasticsearch-readonlyrest-plugin). It's powerfull 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-ldap-and-not-using-x-pack/86005/6 "2017-06-15T14:29:01Z")

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