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type: api
title: Authentication
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resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4641/api/doc/logstash/authentication
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  - Logstash
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# Authentication

Authentication is optional.

- Basic: `Authorization: Basic <credentials>`