# Amazon Elasticsearch Service == Open Distro for Elastic Search?

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/amazon-elasticsearch-service-open-distro-for-elastic-search/1742>\
**Category:** Open Source Elasticsearch and Kibana\
**Created:** [October 19, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/amazon-elasticsearch-service-open-distro-for-elastic-search/1742 "2019-10-19T19:02:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![paddyfink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@paddyfink](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/paddyfink)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/amazon-elasticsearch-service-open-distro-for-elastic-search/1742/1 "2019-10-19T19:02:34Z")

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Hi guyz,

I would like to use Open Distro for a project but ideally, I would prefer not to manage a server and rely on a managed service.

I was wondering is Amazon ElasticSearch is a managed service for Open Distro?

If yes, it is the latest version? Is there any limitations?

If I want a personalized version of Kibana, can I create a separate Kibana instance and link it to AWS elasticsearch instance?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![paddyfink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@paddyfink](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/paddyfink)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/amazon-elasticsearch-service-open-distro-for-elastic-search/1742/2 "2019-10-22T19:24:18Z")

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I got the answer from amazon team this morning. Amazon elastic search doesn’t have yet on the feature from open distro.

I have this scenario and I would like to know if it is possible:

I have a web application where users can create forms and collect data. I would like to integrate open distro to provide an analytics platform where users can analyze the collected data.  
The app is a multi-tenant application and auth0 is used for authentification.

Now, can I create a instance of Kibana (Open Distro) configured with SAML SSO and multi tenant, and link it to an elastic search instance on Amazon Elastic Search?

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**Author:** ![logstash\_errors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9dc877/32.png) [@logstash\_errors](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/logstash_errors)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/amazon-elasticsearch-service-open-distro-for-elastic-search/1742/3 "2019-12-02T13:26:13Z")

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I have a similar use case and I am curious of this as well. If I find anything I will try and give you an update as well.