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Granting Users Access to Metricbeat Indices

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Granting Users Access to Metricbeat Indices

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To enable users to access the indices a Metricbeat creates, grant them read and view_index_metadata privileges on the Metricbeat indices:

Create a role that has the read and view_index_metadata privileges for the Metricbeat indices. You can create roles from the Management > Roles UI in Kibana or through the role API. For example, the following request creates a metricbeat_reader role:
```
POST _xpack/security/role/metricbeat_reader
{
  "indices": [
    {
      "names": [ "metricbeat-*" ], 
      "privileges": ["read","view_index_metadata"]
    }
  ]
}
```
If you use a custom Metricbeat index pattern, specify that pattern instead of the default metricbeat-* pattern.
Assign your users the reader role so they can access the Metricbeat indices:
1. If you’re using the native realm, you can assign roles with the Management > Users UI in Kibana or through the user API. For example, the following request grants metricbeat_user the metricbeat_reader role:
```
POST /_xpack/security/user/metricbeat_user
{
  "password" : "x-pack-test-password",
  "roles" : [ "metricbeat_reader"],
  "full_name" : "Metricbeat User"
}
```
2. If you’re using the LDAP, Active Directory, or PKI realms, you assign the roles in the role_mapping.yml configuration file. For example, the following snippet grants Metricbeat User the metricbeat_reader role:
```
metricbeat_reader:
  - "cn=Metricbeat User,dc=example,dc=com"
```
  For more information, see Using Role Mapping Files.

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