Enroll Kibana API

Enroll Kibana API

New API reference

For the most up-to-date API details, refer to Security APIs.

Enables a Kibana instance to configure itself for communication with a secured Elasticsearch cluster.

This API is currently intended for internal use only by Kibana.

Request

GET /_security/enroll/kibana

Description

Kibana uses this API internally to configure itself for communications with an Elasticsearch cluster that already has security features enabled.

Examples

The following example shows how to enroll a Kibana instance.

resp = client.security.enroll_kibana()
print(resp)

const response = await client.security.enrollKibana();
console.log(response);

GET /_security/enroll/kibana

The API returns the following response:

{
  "token" : {
    "name" : "enroll-process-token-1629123923000", 
    "value": "AAEAAWVsYXN0aWM...vZmxlZXQtc2VydmVyL3Rva2VuMTo3TFdaSDZ" 
  },
  "http_ca" : "MIIJlAIBAzVoGCSqGSIb3...vsDfsA3UZBAjEPfhubpQysAICAA=", 
}