From 0cd24a92834c5198671bc4e01f8e149ff042ee6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lisa Cawley Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 10:40:58 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Added kibana_dashboard_only_user role (elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch#2427) Original commit: elastic/x-pack-elasticsearch@e6ab2238ebce36362f8c49acc53a2abfd03579d3 --- docs/en/security/authorization.asciidoc | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/en/security/authorization.asciidoc b/docs/en/security/authorization.asciidoc index 05be8253265..598e9c91cc6 100644 --- a/docs/en/security/authorization.asciidoc +++ b/docs/en/security/authorization.asciidoc @@ -65,11 +65,17 @@ Grants access to manage *all* index templates and *all* ingest pipeline configur NOTE: This role does *not* provide the ability to create indices; those privileges must be defined in a separate role. +[[built-in-roles-kibana-dashboard]] `kibana_dashboard_only_user` :: +Grants access to the {kib} Dashboard and read-only permissions on the `.kibana` +index. This role does not have access to editing tools in {kib}. For more +information, see +{kibana-ref}/xpack-dashboard-only-mode.html[{kib} Dashboard Only Mode]. + [[built-in-roles-kibana-system]] `kibana_system` :: Grants access necessary for the {kib} system user to read from and write to the {kib} indices and check the availability of the {es} cluster. For more information, see -{kibana-ref}/using-kibana-with-security.html[Configuring Security in {kib}] +{kibana-ref}/using-kibana-with-security.html[Configuring Security in {kib}]. + NOTE: This role should not be assigned to users as the granted permissions may change between releases.