From version 5.0 onward, Shield is part of X-Pack. For more information, see
Securing Elasticsearch and Kibana in the X-Pack Reference.
- Legacy: Shield Reference for 2.x and 1.x:
- Introduction
- Getting Started with Shield
- Installing Shield
- How Shield Works
- User Authentication
- Role-based Access Control
- Auditing Security Events
- Securing Communications with Encryption and IP Filtering
- Configuring Clients and Integrations
- Managing Your License
- Example Shield Deployments
- Reference
- Limitations
- Troubleshooting
- Setting Up a Certificate Authority
- Release Notes