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48 changes: 22 additions & 26 deletions docs/products/opensearch/howto/enable-opensearch-security.md
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title: Enable OpenSearch® Security management for Aiven for OpenSearch®
sidebar_label: Enable OpenSearch® Security management
title: Enable OpenSearch Security management for Aiven for OpenSearch®
sidebar_label: Enable OpenSearch Security
---

[OpenSearch Security](/docs/products/opensearch/concepts/os-security) provides a range of security features, including fine-grained access controls, SAML authentication, and audit logging to monitor activity within your OpenSearch service.
By enabling this, you
can manage user permissions, roles, and other security aspects
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[OpenSearch Security](/docs/products/opensearch/concepts/os-security) provides a range of security features, including fine-grained access controls, SAML authentication, and audit logging to monitor activity within your Aiven for OpenSearch® service.

By enabling this, you can manage user permissions, roles, and other security aspects
through the OpenSearch Dashboard.

:::info
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[Aiven Terraform Provider](/docs/tools/terraform) or
[Aiven Operator for Kubernetes®](/docs/tools/kubernetes) to manage access controls.

## Enable OpenSearch® Security management
## Enable OpenSearch Security

To activate OpenSearch Security management for your Aiven for OpenSearch service:

1. Log in to the [Aiven Console](https://console.aiven.io/) and access
the Aiven for OpenSearch service for which to enable
security.

1. Select **Users** from the left sidebar.
1. On the service page, click <ConsoleLabel name="users"/> in the sidebar.

1. Select **Enable OpenSearch Security** in the OpenSearch Security
management banner.
1. On the **Users** page, click **Enable OpenSearch Security**.

1. Review the information presented on the **Enable OpenSearch Security
for this service** screen and confirm by selecting the checkbox.
1. Review the information in the **OpenSearch Security management** window, confirm
you understand and want to proceed by selecting the checkbox, and click **Continue**.

1. In the OpenSearch Security administrator section, enter and confirm
a password for the user.
1. Create your administrator user by entering a password for this user.

:::note
- The username for the OpenSearch Security administrator is set by
default and cannot be changed.
- In case you forget the password, it can only be reset by
contacting Aiven support.
- OpenSearch Security administrator username set by default cannot be changed.
- To reset the password later, contact [Aiven Support](mailto:[email protected]).
:::

1. Select **Enable** to activate the OpenSearch Security administrator
user.
1. Click **Enable OpenSearch Security** to create the administrator user and activate
OpenSearch Security management.

After activating OpenSearch Security, you will be redirected to the
**Users** screen, where you can verify that the security feature is
enabled.
After activating OpenSearch Security management, you are redirected to the **Users** page,
where you can verify that the security feature is enabled.

Next, log in to the
[OpenSearch Dashboard](/docs/products/opensearch/dashboards) using your security admin credentials to access OpenSearch
Security, where you can manage user permissions and other security
settings.
To manage user permissions and other security settings, access OpenSearch Security
management by logging in to the [OpenSearch Dashboard](/docs/products/opensearch/dashboards)
using your security admin credentials.