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APM reader useredit

APM reader users typically need to view the APM app and dashboards and visualizations that use APM data. These users might also need to create and edit dashboards, visualizations, and machine learning jobs.

APM readeredit

To create an APM reader user:

Create a new role, named something like read-apm, and assign the following privileges:

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Index	`read` on `logs-apm*`	Read-only access to `logs-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `logs-apm*`	Read-only access to `logs-apm*` index metadata
Index	`read` on `metrics-apm*`	Read-only access to `metrics-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `metrics-apm*`	Read-only access to `metrics-apm*` index metadata
Index	`read` on `traces-apm*`	Read-only access to `traces-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `traces-apm*`	Read-only access to `traces-apm*` index metadata

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Index	`read` on `apm-*`	Read-only access to `apm-*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `apm-*`	Read-only access to `apm-*` index metadata

Assign the read-apm role created in the previous step, and the following built-in roles to any APM reader users:

Role Purpose

kibana_admin

Grants access to all features in Kibana.

machine_learning_admin

Grants the privileges required to create, update, and view machine learning jobs

Role	Purpose
`kibana_admin`	Grants access to all features in Kibana.
`machine_learning_admin`	Grants the privileges required to create, update, and view machine learning jobs

Partial APM readeredit

In some instances, you may wish to restrict certain Kibana apps that a user has access to.

Create a new role, named something like read-apm-partial, and assign the following privileges:

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Index	`read` on `logs-apm*`	Read-only access to `logs-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `logs-apm*`	Read-only access to `logs-apm*` index metadata
Index	`read` on `metrics-apm*`	Read-only access to `metrics-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `metrics-apm*`	Read-only access to `metrics-apm*` index metadata
Index	`read` on `traces-apm*`	Read-only access to `traces-apm*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `traces-apm*`	Read-only access to `traces-apm*` index metadata

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Index	`read` on `apm-*`	Read-only access to `apm-*` data
Index	`view_index_metadata` on `apm-*`	Read-only access to `apm-*` index metadata

Assign feature privileges to any Kibana feature that the user needs access to. Here are two examples:

Type	Privilege	Purpose
Kibana	`Read` or `All` on the APM and User Experience feature	Allow the use of the the APM and User Experience apps
Kibana	`Read` or `All` on Dashboards and Discover	Allow the user to view, edit, and create dashboards, as well as browse data.

Finally, assign the following role if a user needs to enable and edit machine learning features:

Role Purpose

machine_learning_admin

Grants the privileges required to create, update, and view machine learning jobs

Role	Purpose
`machine_learning_admin`	Grants the privileges required to create, update, and view machine learning jobs

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