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Heartbeat features that require authorization

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Heartbeat features that require authorization

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After securing Heartbeat, make sure your users have the roles (or associated privileges) required to use these Heartbeat features. Note that some of the roles shown here are built-in, and some are user-defined.

Feature Role

Send data to a secured cluster

heartbeat_writer [1]

Load index templates

heartbeat_writer [1] and kibana_user

Load Heartbeat dashboards into Kibana

heartbeat_writer [1] and kibana_user

Load machine learning jobs

machine_learning_admin

Read indices created by Heartbeat

heartbeat_reader [1]

View Heartbeat dashboards in Kibana

kibana_user

Load index lifecycle policies and use index lifecycle management

heartbeat_ilm [1]

To create the user-defined roles shown here, see Configure authentication credentials and Grant users access to Heartbeat indices. You may want to define additional roles to provide more restrictive access.

[1] These roles are user-defined.
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