Elastic Security Authentication Guide

How to authenticate Elastic Security for use with Tines

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Written by Daniel Stoeski
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Elastic Security equips analysts to prevent, detect, and respond to threats. The free and open solution delivers SIEM, endpoint security, threat hunting, cloud monitoring, and more.

To create an Elastic Security credential, you will need your Elastic Security:

  • username

  • password

Create an Elastic Security resource and credential in Tines

  1. Login to your Tines tenant

  2. Navigate to the team that will be using the API and click "Resource"

  3. Click "+ New Resource"

  4. Input the values for the Elastic Security resource

    • Name: "elastic_user"

    • Description: Optional

    • Builder: Your username

  5. Optional

    • Access: What other teams can also use the resource

  6. Click "Save resource"

  7. Navigate to the team that will be using the API and click "Credentials"

  8. Click "+ New Credential" and select "Text"

  9. Input the values for the Elastic Security credential

    1. Name: "elastic_password"

    2. Description: Optional

    3. Value: Your password

  10. Optional

    1. Domains: Ensure this credential can only be used when making HTTP requests to specific domains.

    2. Access: What other teams can also use the API

  11. Click "Save"

For more on creating credentials in Tines, click here.

You can find a selection of Elastic Security stories in the story library

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