Elastic Security credentials

You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes:

• Elastic Security

Prerequisites

• Create an Elastic Security account.

• Deploy an application.

Supported authentication methods

• Basic auth

• API Key

Related resources

Refer to Elastic Security’s documentation for more information about the service.

Using basic auth

To configure this credential, you’ll need:

• A Username: For the user account you log into Elasticsearch with.

• A Password: For the user account you log into Elasticsearch with.

• Your Elasticsearch application’s Base URL (also known as the Elasticsearch application endpoint):

  1. In Elasticsearch, select the option to Manage this deployment.

  2. In the Applications section, copy the endpoint of the Elasticsearch application.

  3. Add this in n8n as the Base URL.

Note

Custom endpoint aliases If you add a custom endpoint alias to a deployment, update your n8n credential Base URL with the new endpoint.

Using API key

To configure this credential, you’ll need:

• An API Key: For the user account you log into Elasticsearch with. Refer to Elasticsearch’s Create API key documentation for more information.

• Your Elasticsearch application’s Base URL (also known as the Elasticsearch application endpoint):

  1. In Elasticsearch, select the option to Manage this deployment.

  2. In the Applications section, copy the endpoint of the Elasticsearch application.

  3. Add this in n8n as the Base URL.