Implementing Role-Based Access Control in Elasticsearch 7.13

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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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Lab Info

Level

Advanced

Last updated

Sep 22, 2025

Duration

1h 0m

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.
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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