Ressourcen
Blog-Beiträge, FAQ, Dokumentation, Präsentationen und Whitepapers – alles an einem Ort.
Dokumentation
Die offizielle technische Dokumentation für alle Search Guard Versionen.
Community-Forum
Fragen zur Installation oder Konfiguration? Unser Community-Forum hilft weiter.
Frequently asked questions
What is Search Guard?
Search Guard is a comprehensive Security and Alerting suite for Elasticsearch and Kibana that provides authentication, authorization, encryption, audit logging and alerting to ensure data security and compliance.
What is your licensing model?
Search Guard is dual licensed. All features in the Community Edition are free, while you need to obtain a license in order to use the Enterprise or Compliance Edition in production. We license Search Guard per production cluster, not number of nodes, so you can scale your cluster indefinitely without additional costs. All other systems, like development or staging are included in the license free of charge.
Which versions of Elasticsearch does Search Guard support?
Search Guard supports nearly all versions of Elasticsearch, starting from Elasticsearch 2.x and including Elasticsearch 8.x. For more information, please check the version matrix page on our docs.
Präsentationen
Unsere Präsentationen zu allen Search Guard Features – zum Durchstöbern.
Whitepapers
Whitepapers zu Search Guard Use Cases und Implementierungsbeispielen.
Blog
Encryption at Rest for Elasticsearch: The Complete Series
Daniel Gleim || 2026-07-16
The full Encryption at Rest series in one place: what it is, where it applies across industries, and how it maps to PCI-DSS, GDPR, SOX and more. Plus an FAQ.
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Resolving Elasticsearch 9.0.1 Upgrade Issues with Custom Plugin Compatibility
Daniel Gleim || 2026-07-14
If you want to to upgrade from Elasticsearch 8.x to 9.0, you need to understand how plugin compatibility works and what to do when things don't go as planned
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Webinar: Upcoming Search Guard Webinars
Anja Glauch || 2026-07-07
Live and on-demand Elasticsearch security webinars for our Search Guard engineers. Auth, RBAC, encryption, audit logging. Practical guidance from our experts..
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Elasticsearch 8 to 9 Snapshot Restore Fails? The 7.x-Origin Index Trap and the Fix That Worked
Daniel Gleim || 2026-06-17
This scenario highlights a subtle but important aspect of cross-version compatibility that caught one user off guard during their upgrade from 8.7.1 to 9.0.1
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Fast-Tracking Compliance in Elasticsearch Using Search Guard
Daniel Gleim || 2026-06-11
Search Guard provides security and compliance features directly inside the Elastic stack-configurable, integrated, and designed for regulated environments.
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Cybernation Berlin 2026
Anja Glauch || 2026-06-01
Search Guard macht Elasticsearch-Cluster prüfungssicher: vom Login bis zur Verschlüsselung. Treffen Sie uns auf der Cybernation 2026 in Berlin.
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Quellcode
Unser gesamter Code auf GitLab: ansehen, herunterladen, Issues melden oder Feature Requests stellen.
Newsletter
Bleiben Sie auf dem Laufenden – die neuesten Updates zu Search Guard direkt in Ihr Postfach.
CVE-Advisory
Wir sind offizielle CVE Numbering Authority für Search Guard. Hier finden Sie die Liste bekannter Issues.
Disclosure Policy
Sie haben ein Security-relevantes Problem gefunden? Bitte lesen Sie unsere Disclosure Policy.