# Encryption at Rest

**URL:** <https://forum.search-guard.com/t/encryption-at-rest/552>\
**Category:** Search Guard\
**Created:** [August 4, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/encryption-at-rest/552 "2017-08-04T14:50:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jeffrey\_Fuller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Jeffrey\_Fuller](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Jeffrey_Fuller)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/encryption-at-rest/552/1 "2017-08-04T14:50:38Z")

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Does Search Guard provide for encryption on the disk, or should we use something like dm-crypt for that?

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**Author:** ![jkressin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/jkressin/32/9_2.png) [@jkressin](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/jkressin)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/encryption-at-rest/552/2 "2017-08-04T16:55:54Z")

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No, Search Guard does not support encryption at rest. This is out of the scope of Search Guard, and you should indeed use a method recommended by Elasticsearch, like dm-crypt.

Thanks!

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> On Friday, August 4, 2017 at 4:50:38 PM UTC+2, Jeffrey Fuller wrote:
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> > Does Search Guard provide for encryption on the disk, or should we use something like dm-crypt for that?