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+FTS-Keystone
+=====
+
+Keystone authentication support for Kibana 4.4.x
+
+Installation
+-----
+
+Requires a working version of Kibana. The kibana configuration file (/opt/kibana/config/kibana.yml) should be updated
+with the following:
+
+```
+fts-keystone.port: ${keystone_port}
+fts-keystone.url: http://${keystone_host}
+fts-keystone.enabled: True
+```
+
+To install the fts-keystone plugin, first the latest release should be downloaded:
+
+```
+$ (cd /tmp; wget https://github.com/FujitsuEnablingSoftwareTechnologyGmbH/fts-keystone/releases/download/v0.0.1/fts-keystone-0.0.1.tar.gz; cd -)
+```
+
+Then installed using the Kibana plugin manager tool:
+
+```
+$ /opt/kibana/bin/kibana plugin --install fts-keystone --url file:///tmp/fts-keystone-0.0.1.tar.gz
+Installing fts-keystone
+Attempting to transfer from file:///tmp/fts-keystone-0.0.1.tar.gz
+Transferring 7567007 bytes....................
+Transfer complete
+Extracting plugin archive
+Extraction complete
+Optimizing and caching browser bundles...
+Plugin installation complete
+
+$ /opt/kibana/bin/kibana plugin --list
+fts-keystone
+```
+Now start/restart your Kibana server by running:
+
+```
+$ service kibana restart
+```