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---
id: kibSecurityPluginApi
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slug: /kibana-dev-docs/api/security
title: "security"
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image: https://source.unsplash.com/400x175/?github
summary: API docs for the security plugin
date: 2020-11-16
tags: ['contributor', 'dev', 'apidocs', 'kibana', 'security']
warning: This document is auto-generated and is meant to be viewed inside our experimental, new docs system. Reach out in #docs-engineering for more info.
---
import securityObj from './security.json';
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This plugin provides authentication and authorization features, and exposes functionality to understand the capabilities of the currently authenticated user.
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Contact [Platform Security](https://github.com/orgs/elastic/teams/kibana-security) for questions regarding this plugin.
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**Code health stats**
| Public API count | Any count | Items lacking comments | Missing exports |
|-------------------|-----------|------------------------|-----------------|
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| 113 | 0 | 51 | 7 |
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## Client
### Setup
<DocDefinitionList data={[securityObj.client.setup]}/>
### Start
<DocDefinitionList data={[securityObj.client.start]}/>
### Interfaces
<DocDefinitionList data={securityObj.client.interfaces}/>
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### Consts, variables and types
<DocDefinitionList data={securityObj.client.misc}/>
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## Server
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### Setup
<DocDefinitionList data={[securityObj.server.setup]}/>
### Start
<DocDefinitionList data={[securityObj.server.start]}/>
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### Interfaces
<DocDefinitionList data={securityObj.server.interfaces}/>
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### Consts, variables and types
<DocDefinitionList data={securityObj.server.misc}/>
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## Common
### Interfaces
<DocDefinitionList data={securityObj.common.interfaces}/>