# Free Cloud, ACL configuration
**URL:** https://community.hivemq.com/t/free-cloud-acl-configuration/1011
**Category:** HiveMQ Cloud
**Created:** [February 10, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/free-cloud-acl-configuration/1011 "2022-02-10T17:26:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Ireshet](https://community.hivemq.com/u/Ireshet)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/free-cloud-acl-configuration/1011/1 "2022-02-10T17:26:37Z")
Someone can suggest?
How to organize an ACL (Access control list) on a HiveMQ free cloud?
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### Author:  [@Daria\_H](https://community.hivemq.com/u/Daria_H)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2022, 8:40am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/free-cloud-acl-configuration/1011/2 "2022-02-11T08:40:40Z")
Hi Ireshet,
What would you like to achieve with ACL (access control list)?
For example, would you like to control client authentication or client authorisation or client-topic authorisation?
Are you limited only to HiveMQ free cloud package?
Thanks,
Dasha from HiveMQ Team
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### Author:  [@Ireshet](https://community.hivemq.com/u/Ireshet)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/free-cloud-acl-configuration/1011/3 "2022-02-11T10:38:02Z")
> [@Daria\_H](#):
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> client-topic authorisation
Client-topic authorisation. I need to restrict clients’ access to a topics, so that each client has access to a specific topic. I did not find how in HiveMQ free cloud.
Many thanks,
David
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### Author:  [@Daria\_H](https://community.hivemq.com/u/Daria_H)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/free-cloud-acl-configuration/1011/4 "2022-02-11T12:46:40Z")
Hi David,
Thanks for clarification! This is not available in the Free and Pay-as-you-go package, only [Business or Dedicated](https://www.hivemq.com/mqtt-cloud-broker/).
In case if you host a HiveMQ broker yourself, you can configure topic authorisation with security extensions:
- File RBAC Extension (open source) implements Access Control based on a configuration file.
- HiveMQ Enterprise Security Extension (enterprise) implements Access Control based on SQL or LDAP or OAuth.
Kind regards,
Dasha form HiveMQ Team
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### Author:  [@Ireshet](https://community.hivemq.com/u/Ireshet)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/free-cloud-acl-configuration/1011/5 "2022-02-11T20:39:30Z")
> [@Daria\_H](#):
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> authentication or client authorisation
It’s a pity! I was hoping that after the test on Free, we would be able to use it in our product. I will have to look for another service.
Thanks,
David