# Client certificate authentication for the Graylog UI?

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/client-certificate-authentication-for-the-graylog-ui/20058>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Created:** [June 2, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/client-certificate-authentication-for-the-graylog-ui/20058 "2021-06-02T17:44:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![gsmith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/gsmith/32/1222_2.png) [@gsmith](https://community.graylog.org/u/gsmith)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/client-certificate-authentication-for-the-graylog-ui/20058/2 "2021-06-03T03:58:09Z")

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Hello,

> [@masonb81](#):
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> would be great if there is a solution to have this natively within graylog?

This worked for my environment.

> [@Graylog3 with https (easy tutorial)](https://community.graylog.org/t/graylog3-with-https-easy-tutorial/9519):
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> My ambient test: -Oracle Linux 7.6 (VMware 15); -Network: NAT; -Graylog3, MongoDB and Elastic: running together; Documentation base for RPM distro. First of all, read [Docs » Configuring Graylog » Using HTTPS](http://docs.graylog.org/en/3.0/pages/configuration/https.html#ssl-setup) 0- mkdir /etc/ssl/certs/graylog/ && cd /etc/ssl/certs/graylog/ 1- openssl req -x509 -days 1095 -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -config openssl-graylog.cnf -keyout pkcs5-plain.pem -out cert.pem 2- openssl pkcs8 -in pkcs5-plain.pem -topk8 -nocrypt -out pkcs8-plain.pem 3- openssl pkcs8 -in pk…

If im incorrect are you talking about something like a Keycloak?  
Hope that helps

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