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Kibana privileges
editKibana privileges
editKibana privileges grant users access to features within Kibana. Roles have privileges to determine whether users have write or read access.
Base privileges
editAssigning a base privilege grants access to all available features in Kibana (Discover, Visualize, Dashboard, and so on).
Assigning base privileges
editFrom the role management screen:
From the role management API:
PUT /api/security/role/my_kibana_role { "elasticsearch": { "cluster" : [ ], "indices" : [ ] }, "kibana": [ { "base": ["all"], "feature": {}, "spaces": ["marketing"] } ] }
Feature privileges
editAssigning a feature privilege grants access to a specific feature.
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all
- Grants full read-write access.
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read
- Grants read-only access.
Assigning feature privileges
editFrom the role management screen:
From the role management API:
PUT /api/security/role/my_kibana_role { "elasticsearch": { "cluster" : [ ], "indices" : [ ] }, "kibana": [ { "base": [], "feature": { "dashboard": ["all"] }, "spaces": ["marketing"] } ] }