[[ssl-no-validate]]
== --ssl-no-validate

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Summary
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If access to your Elasticsearch instance is protected by SSL encryption, you
may use the `--ssl-no-validate` flag to disable SSL certificate verification.

Valid use cases for this flag include the use of self-signed certificates that
cannot be otherwise verified and would generate error messages.

NOTE: The use of this flag will likely result in a warning message that your SSL
certificates are not trusted.  This is expected behavior.

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Flags
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* `--ssl-no-validate` Do not validate SSL certificate

IMPORTANT: This flag must come before any <<commands,command>>.

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Example
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Connect to a cluster at `https://example.com/` via SSL but do not verify the
certificate:

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curator --host example.com --port 443 --use_ssl --ssl-no-validate <<command>> <<flags>>
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