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title: Grant privileges and roles needed to read Filebeat data from Kibana
description: Kibana users typically need to view dashboards and visualizations that contain Filebeat data. These users might also need to create and edit dashboards...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3028/reference/beats/filebeat/kibana-user-privileges
products:
  - Beats
  - Filebeat
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Generally available
  - Elastic Stack: Generally available
---

# Grant privileges and roles needed to read Filebeat data from Kibana
Kibana users typically need to view dashboards and visualizations that contain Filebeat data. These users might also need to create and edit dashboards and visualizations.
To grant users the required privileges:
1. Create a **reader role**, called something like `filebeat_reader`, that has the following privilege:
   | Type   | Privilege                                              | Purpose                                                                      |
   |--------|--------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   | Index  | `read` on `filebeat-*` indices                         | Read data indexed by Filebeat                                                |
   | Spaces | `Read` or `All` on Dashboards, Visualize, and Discover | Allow the user to view, edit, and create dashboards, as well as browse data. |
   | Spaces | `Read` or `All` on Kibana Logs                         | Allow the use of Kibana Logs                                                 |
2. Assign the **reader role**, along with the following built-in roles, to users who need to read Filebeat data:
   | Role              | Purpose                                                                                                   |
   |-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   | `monitoring_user` | Allow users to monitor the health of Filebeat itself. Only assign this role to users who manage Filebeat. |