---
id: kibSecurityPluginApi
slug: /kibana-dev-docs/api/security
title: "security"
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';

This plugin provides authentication and authorization features, and exposes functionality to understand the capabilities of the currently authenticated user.

Contact [Platform Security](https://github.com/orgs/elastic/teams/kibana-security) for questions regarding this plugin.

**Code health stats**

| Public API count  | Any count | Items lacking comments | Missing exports | 
|-------------------|-----------|------------------------|-----------------|
| 108 | 0 | 47 | 8 |

## Client

### Setup
<DocDefinitionList data={[securityObj.client.setup]}/>

### Start
<DocDefinitionList data={[securityObj.client.start]}/>

### Interfaces
<DocDefinitionList data={securityObj.client.interfaces}/>

### Consts, variables and types
<DocDefinitionList data={securityObj.client.misc}/>

## Server

### Setup
<DocDefinitionList data={[securityObj.server.setup]}/>

### Start
<DocDefinitionList data={[securityObj.server.start]}/>

### Interfaces
<DocDefinitionList data={securityObj.server.interfaces}/>

### Consts, variables and types
<DocDefinitionList data={securityObj.server.misc}/>

## Common

### Interfaces
<DocDefinitionList data={securityObj.common.interfaces}/>