Grant privileges and roles needed for setup
editGrant privileges and roles needed for setup
editSetting up Auditbeat is an admin-level task that requires extra privileges. As a best practice, grant the setup role to administrators only, and use a more restrictive role for event publishing.
Administrators who set up Auditbeat typically need to load mappings, dashboards, and other objects used to index data into Elasticsearch and visualize it in Kibana.
To grant users the required privileges:
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Create a setup role, called something like
auditbeat_setup
, that has the following privileges:Type Privilege Purpose Cluster
monitor
Retrieve cluster details (e.g. version)
Cluster
manage_ilm
Set up and manage index lifecycle management (ILM) policy
Index
manage
onauditbeat-*
indicesLoad data stream
Omit any privileges that aren’t relevant in your environment.
These instructions assume that you are using the default name for Auditbeat indices. If
auditbeat-*
is not listed, or you are using a custom name, enter it manually and modify the privileges to match your index naming pattern. -
Assign the setup role, along with the following built-in roles, to users who need to set up Auditbeat:
Role Purpose kibana_admin
Load dependencies, such as example dashboards, if available, into Kibana
ingest_admin
Set up index templates and, if available, ingest pipelines
Omit any roles that aren’t relevant in your environment.