# Get security index settings

**GET /_security/settings**

Get the user-configurable settings for the security internal index (`.security` and associated indices).
Only a subset of the index settings — those that are user-configurable—will be shown.
This includes:

* `index.auto_expand_replicas`
* `index.number_of_replicas`

## Required authorization

* Cluster privileges: `read_security`



## Servers
- http://api.example.com: http://api.example.com ()


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth
- Basic auth
- Bearer auth


## Parameters


### Query parameters
- **master_timeout** (string)
  Period to wait for a connection to the master node.
  If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.


## Responses
### 200


#### Body: application/json (object)
- **security** (object)
  Settings for the index used for most security configuration, including native realm users and roles configured with the API.
- **security-profile** (object)
  Settings for the index used to store profile information.
- **security-tokens** (object)
  Settings for the index used to store tokens.


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