# X-Pack Security - PKI authentication

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-pki-authentication/76831>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 28, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-pki-authentication/76831 "2017-02-28T17:02:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Balaji.pudur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Balaji.pudur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Balaji.pudur)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-pki-authentication/76831/1 "2017-02-28T17:02:15Z")

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Is it possible to disable basic authentication and enable only PKI authentication in Elastic Search 5.2.0.

Can you share working sample role.yml ,elastisearch.yml and role\_mapping.yml for PKI authentication..

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**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-pki-authentication/76831/2 "2017-02-28T23:16:04Z")

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@Balaji.pudur yup, you can do that. I'd recommend looking through the docs, starting here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/security-getting-started.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/security-getting-started.html) the configuration really depends on your environment.

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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:** [March 28, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-pki-authentication/76831/3 "2017-03-28T23:16:04Z")

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