Elasticsearch Authz

Manage Elasticsearch RBAC: native users, roles, role mappings, document- and field-level security.

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Manage Elasticsearch RBAC: native users, roles, role mappings, document- and field-level security. Use when creating users or roles, assigning privileges, or mapping external realms like LDAP/SAML.This is the skill's description: the text your AI reads to decide when the skill applies.

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---
name: elasticsearch-authz
description: >
  Manage Elasticsearch RBAC: native users, roles, role mappings, document- and field-level
  security. Use when creating users or roles, assigning privileges, or mapping external
  realms like LDAP/SAML.
compatibility: >
  Requires network access to Elasticsearch. Kibana endpoint needed for Kibana role
  API. Serverless role assignment requires the cloud-access-management skill.
metadata:
  author: elastic
  version: 0.1.1
---

# Elasticsearch Authorization

Manage Elasticsearch role-based access control: native users, roles, role assignment, and role mappings for external
realms.

For authentication methods and API key management, see the **elasticsearch-authn** skill.

For detailed API endpoints, see [references/api-reference.md](references/api-reference.md).

> **Deployment note:** Feature availability differs between self-managed, ECH, and Serverless. See
> [Deployment Compatibility](#deployment-compatibility) for details.