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docs/en/stack/security/authorization/built-in-roles.asciidoc

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Grants access necessary for the APM system user to send system-level data
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(such as monitoring) to {es}.
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[[built-in-roles-beats-admin]] `beats_admin` ::
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Grants access to the `.management-beats` index, which contains configuration
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information for the Beats.
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[[built-in-roles-beats-system]] `beats_system` ::
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Grants access necessary for the Beats system user to send system-level data
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(such as monitoring) to {es}.
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[[built-in-roles-beats-system]] `beats_system` ::
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Grants access necessary for the Beats system user to send system-level data
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(such as monitoring) to {es}.
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NOTE: This role should not be assigned to users as the granted permissions may
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change between releases.
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NOTE: This role does not provide access to the beats indices and is not
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suitable for writing beats output to {es}.
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[[built-in-roles-ml-admin]] `machine_learning_admin`::
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Grants `manage_ml` cluster privileges and read access to the `.ml-*` indices.
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