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Search Guard resource hub including blog posts, faq, documentation, presentations and whitepapers.

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Documentation
Get the official technical documentation for all Search Guard versions.
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Community forum
Any questions on installation or configuration? Ask our community forum.
Frequently asked questions
What is Search Guard?
Search Guard is an Enterprise Security Suite that encrypts and protects your data and data flows in the entire Elastic Stack, including Kibana, Logstash and Beats.
Do you offer support?
Of course. We offer both free support for the Search Guard community as well as paid support for our customers. As paying customer you get direct access to the core Search Guard developers and we also guarantee SLAs via our support portal.
What is the easiest way to set up PoC?
The easiest way to set up a PoC and try out all Search Guard features is to use the Search Guard Demo Installer: Search Guard Demo Installer The installer comes with a trial license that enables all Enterprise and Compliance features for 60 days. If you need to extend your Search Guard trial, just get in contact with us and we’re happy to provide you with an extended license.
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Source Code
Access, download and inspect all our code on Gitlab, report any issue you find or request a feature.
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TLS Certificate Generator
If you need TLS certificates for testing or a PoC, our generator web service is here to ease the pain.
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Presentations
Browse our library of presentations on all Search Guard features.
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White Papers
Download our whitepapers on Search Guard use cases and implementation examples.
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CVE advisory
We are the official CVE numbering authority for Search Guard. Browse the list of known issues.
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Disclosure Policy
If you have found a security related issue, please read our disclosure policy.
Videos
Search Guard - Security and Alerting for Elasticsearch and Kibana
Data breaches happen all the time and will cost your business reputation, customers, and money. That's why you should protect your sensitive data in Elasticsearch by using Search Guard, the free security and alerting suite for the Elastic stack!
Search Guard FLX supports multiple authentication methods for Kibana, so users can choose how they would like to authenticate.
How to use the sgctl command line interface to change the security configuration of an Elasticsearch cluster.
How to use the Search Guard TLS Tool to generate TLS certificates for Elasticsearch.
Monitoring Elasticsearch by using Signals Alerting
Creating Elasticsearch Watches using the Signals Blocks Mode
Signals Alerting for Elasticsearch: Creating a simple alert
Creating Search Guard Users and Roles
Securing Elasticsearch and Kibana with the Zero Trusted Networks approach
Introducing Signals - Free Alerting for Elasticsearch
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