Install Shield
Shield
1
Install Shield into Elasticsearch
bin/plugin install license
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bin/plugin install shield
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To install Shield on a DEB/RPM installation of the Elastic Stack, see DEB/RPM installation instructions.
2
Add an admin user
bin/shield/esusers useradd es_admin -r admin
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3
Start Elasticsearch
bin/elasticsearch
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4
Test your authenticated user
curl -u es_admin -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/'
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Summary
Version: 2.4.6
Release date:
License: Elastic Commercial Software End User License Agreement
Supported OS/JVM/Browser
Notes:
The newest version of Shield is now part of X‑Pack.
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