# Tech Blog

**[Sidecar Strategy: Decoupling Security and Functionality](/content/blog/sidecar-deployment/index.html)**  
*ROR Team* May 30, 2023  
Learn how the sidecar deployment strategy simplifies Elasticsearch and Kibana setups with ReadonlyREST, enabling independent security layers and streamlined maintenance.

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**[The Practical Benefits of a Unified Elasticsearch and Kibana Installation](/content/blog/practical-benefits-of-unified-elasticsearch-and-kibana/index.html)**  
*ROR Team* Feb 5, 2025  
Benefits of a Unified Elasticsearch & Kibana Setup from a Business standpoint.

**[The Rise of SAML: Practical Advantages Over LDAP for Enhanced Security](/content/blog/rise-of-saml-over-ldap/index.html)**  
*ROR Team* Jan 4, 2024  
SAML authentication offers enhanced security and user experience over traditional LDAP providing businesses with a robust and agile authentication solution. Dive into the practical advantages of SAML for modern enterprises.

**[Setting up ReadonlyREST](/content/blog/ror-manual-setup/index.html)**  
*ROR Team* Oct 4, 2023  
In this blog post we will show how to install ReadonlyREST security plugin for Elasticsearch and Kibana in the most basic way.

**[Testing SAML with ROR Enterprise](/content/blog/saml_getting_started/index.html)**  
*ROR Team* Aug 5, 2023  
Get started with ReadonlyREST Enterprise and SAML in a localhost testbed.

**[Elastic Cloud Interoperability](/content/blog/elastic-cloud-interoperability/index.html)**  
*ROR Team* May 30, 2023  
Adopting ROR instead of paying for the platinum tier of Elastic cloud is cheaper, permits more advanced integrations, but most importantly: offers multi-tenancy over a single cluster.

**[GDPR Compliance in Elasticsearch](/content/blog/gdpr-compliance/index.html)**  
*ROR Team* May 30, 2020  
Managing data in Elasticsearch in compliance with European regulation GDPR.

**[An Interview with CERN](/content/blog/an-interview-with-cern/index.html)**  
*ROR Team* May 11, 2018  
Learn how the IT department of CERN laboratory saves time and money for greater performance, reliability and security on their massive Elasticsearch deployment.