# Search Guard FLX Beta for Elasticsearch 8 released

**URL:** <https://forum.search-guard.com/t/search-guard-flx-beta-for-elasticsearch-8-released/2365>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [October 25, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/search-guard-flx-beta-for-elasticsearch-8-released/2365 "2022-10-25T18:33:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![searchguard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/searchguard/32/1830_2.png) [@searchguard](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/searchguard)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/search-guard-flx-beta-for-elasticsearch-8-released/2365/1 "2022-10-25T18:33:39Z")

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Hi,

we are happy to announce that Search Guard FLX Beta for Elasticsearch and Kibana 8.4.x, 8.3.3, and 8.2.3 has just been released:

[https://docs.search-guard.com/latest/search-guard-versions](https://docs.search-guard.com/latest/search-guard-versions)

The release is based on our next-gen Search Guard FLX codebase, so it supports all new and shiny FLX features like:

- Lightweight [**sgctl command-line interface**](https://docs.search-guard.com/latest/sgctl) for fast and easy security configuration handling
- A new and streamlined [**configuration format**](https://docs.search-guard.com/latest/search-guard-index)
- [**Built-in variables store**](https://docs.search-guard.com/latest/configuration-password-handling): manage sensitive configuration variables encrypted on your Elasticsearch cluster
- [**Session-based login for Kibana**](https://docs.search-guard.com/latest/kibana-authentication-types) that fixed lots of outstanding issues with Kibana login and cookies
- Support for [**multiple authentication methods in Kibana**](https://search-guard.com/kibana-multiple-authentication-search-guard/)
- Significantly **faster performance** in many areas

And much more!

**We are eager to hear your feedback!** If you encounter any problems, or if you have suggestions or other feedback on the functionality, go ahead and share it on the available channels:

- [Search Guard Forum](https://forum.search-guard.com/)
- [Search Guard Gitlab Repository](https://git.floragunn.com/search-guard/search-guard-suite-enterprise)
- [`sgctl` Gitlab Repository](https://git.floragunn.com/search-guard/sgctl)

Jochen and the Search Guard team

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.search-guard.com/system/32/1870_2.png) [@system](https://forum.search-guard.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.search-guard.com/t/search-guard-flx-beta-for-elasticsearch-8-released/2365/2 "2022-11-08T18:34:33Z")

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