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Implementing Role-Based Access Control in Elasticsearch 7.13

With big data comes big responsibility. Protecting your data can be a financial, competitive, and legal requirement. In this hands-on lab, you will get to secure the data of an Elasticsearch cluster through the use of role-based access control.

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Clock icon Advanced
Duration
Clock icon 1h 0m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 02, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Create the account_holders_read Role

    From the Kibana console, create the account_holders_read role with the following restrictions:

    • Only has read access to the accounts index.
    • Only has access to the documents where mail_opt_out is false.
    • Only has access to the firstname, lastname, and email fields.
  2. Challenge

    Create the accounts_mailer User

    From the Kibana console, create the accounts_mailer user with the following information:

    • Full Name: Accounts Mailer
    • Email: [email protected]
    • Password: yUqS54J9d6nx
    • Roles: account_holders_read

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