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Grant privileges and roles needed to read Filebeat data from Kibana

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Grant privileges and roles needed to read Filebeat data from Kibana

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Kibana users typically need to view dashboards and visualizations that contain Filebeat data. These users might also need to create and edit dashboards and visualizations. If you’re using Beats central management, some of these users might need to create and manage configurations.

To grant users the required privileges:

Create a reader role, called something like filebeat_reader, that has the following privilege:

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Index	`read` on `filebeat-*` indices	Read data indexed by Filebeat
Spaces	`Read` or `All` on Dashboards, Visualize, and Discover	Allow the user to view, edit, and create dashboards, as well as browse data.
Spaces	`Read` or `All` on Kibana Logs	Allow the use of Kibana Logs

Assign the reader role, along with the following built-in roles, to users who need to read Filebeat data:

Role	Purpose
`monitoring_user`	Allow users to monitor the health of Filebeat itself. Only assign this role to users who manage Filebeat.
`beats_admin`	Create and manage configurations in Beats central management. Only assign this role to users who need to use Beats central management. +

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