[role="xpack"]
[[configuring-security]]
== Configuring Security in {es}
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<titleabbrev>Configuring Security</titleabbrev>
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{security} enables you to easily secure a cluster. With {security}, you can
password-protect your data as well as implement more advanced security measures
such as encrypting communications, role-based access control, IP filtering, and
auditing. For more information, see
{xpack-ref}/xpack-security.html[Securing the Elastic Stack].

include::securing-communications/securing-elasticsearch.asciidoc[]
include::securing-communications/configuring-tls-docker.asciidoc[]
include::securing-communications/enabling-cipher-suites.asciidoc[]
include::securing-communications/separating-node-client-traffic.asciidoc[]
include::{xes-repo-dir}/settings/security-settings.asciidoc[]