# Is it possible to set SG only on Kibana and not the ElasticSearch?

**URL:** <https://forum.search-guard.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-sg-only-on-kibana-and-not-the-elasticsearch/1352>\
**Category:** Search Guard\
**Created:** [March 4, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-sg-only-on-kibana-and-not-the-elasticsearch/1352 "2019-03-04T10:51:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Behzad\_Rezaie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/behzad_rezaie/32/556_2.png) [@Behzad\_Rezaie](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/Behzad_Rezaie)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-sg-only-on-kibana-and-not-the-elasticsearch/1352/1 "2019-03-04T10:51:06Z")

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Hi pals,

Is it possible to set the SG only on Kibana and not on the ElasticSearch?

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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:** [March 4, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/is-it-possible-to-set-sg-only-on-kibana-and-not-the-elasticsearch/1352/2 "2019-03-04T20:55:30Z")

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No, this is not possible. All security features are implemented on the ES side. It does not make sense to implement security on Kibana, and leaving your ES cluster unprotected.

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> On Monday, March 4, 2019 at 2:51:06 AM UTC-8, Behzad Rezaie wrote:
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> > Is it possible to set the SG only on Kibana and not on the ElasticSearch?
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