After I uncomment xpack.security.enabled: true line in elasticsearch.service Failed to start Elasticsearch

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After I uncomment xpack.security.enabled: true line in elasticsearch.service Failed to start Elasticsearch.

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root@kibana:~# systemctl status elasticsearch.service
● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2023-07-31 07:59:44 UTC; 7min ago
Docs: https://www.elastic.co
Process: 1468812 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/systemd-entrypoint -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet >
Main PID: 1468812 (code=exited, status=78)

Jul 31 07:59:28 kibana systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch...
Jul 31 07:59:44 kibana systemd-entrypoint[1468812]: ERROR: [1] bootstrap checks failed. You must address the points des>
Jul 31 07:59:44 kibana systemd-entrypoint[1468812]: bootstrap check failure [1] of [1]: Transport SSL must be enabled i>
Jul 31 07:59:44 kibana systemd-entrypoint[1468812]: ERROR: Elasticsearch did not exit normally - check the logs at /var>
Jul 31 07:59:44 kibana systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=78/CONFIG
Jul 31 07:59:44 kibana systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jul 31 07:59:44 kibana systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch.

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In production mode, when security is enabled, Elasticsearch requires Transport SSL to be enabled as well. Otherwise, it will fail to start due to bootstrap check failure as shown above. Please refer to the docs to configure security including Transport SSL.

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Thanks, I will try and let you know

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