Access with non superadmin user

[15astro]

I am trying to use elasticsearch-head using non-superuser having permissions to limited indexes in the cluster. This limits to only following features of elasticsearch-head:

1. Browser
2. Any Request

Following features are not available with non-superuser login:

1. Cluster Health
2. Overview
3. Indices
4. Structured Query

What user permissions are required to allow elasticsearch-head with all features using non-superadmin user?

[philipskokoh]

Sorry for late response.
From Elasticsearch built-in roles, I could not find non-superuser role which has permission to read cluster information, list indices, etc.
In this case, I think you need to define a new role with monitor privilege on that role.
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/security-privileges.html

I haven't explored much on Elasticsearch roles, let me know whether this works or not.

[philipskokoh]

Hi, you can try to add transport_client. This may be sufficient.
References:
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/built-in-roles.html