Authentication for kibana, unknown setting xpack.security.enabled

oobi89 · November 5, 2020, 3:15pm

I've had Elasticsearch and kibana as part of my docker-compose stack for some project for a while but now I need to add authentication for kibana and came across a strange problem. According to docs I need to set xpack.security.enabled param to true but it doesn't seems to work for me. I tried by adding it as environment in docker-compose file and as a config file attached to container - in both cases something is wrong.

This is relevant part of my configuration:

elasticsearch:
image: elasticsearch:7.8.0
container_name: elasticsearch
environment:
  - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
  - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms1g -Xmx1g"
  - ELASTIC_USERNAME=elastic
  - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=MyPw123
  # - xpack.license.self_generated.type=trial 
  - xpack.security.enabled=true
  # - xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
ulimits:
  memlock:
    soft: -1
    hard: -1
#volumes:
#  - ${PWD}/cos.yaml:/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml
ports:
  - 9200:9200
networks:
  - project-net

kibana:
image: kibana:7.8.0
environment:
  # ELASTICSEARCH_URL: http://elasticsearch:9200
  ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS: http://elasticsearch:9200
  SERVER_BASEPATH: /logs
links:
  - "elasticsearch"
depends_on:
  - elasticsearch
networks:
  - project-net

When I set xpack.security.enabled=true I can't start my container. Logs below:

elasticsearch                        | {"type":"log","host":"e3933e9fe1c3","level":"WARN","systemid":"2106a117733f42d697284fbc54927928","system":"BELK","time": "2020-11-05T15:07:04.437Z","logger":"o.e.c.l.LogConfigurator","timezone":"UTC","marker":"[localhost] ","log":"Some logging configurations have %marker but don't have %node_name. We will automatically add %node_name to the pattern to ease the migration for users who customize log4j2.properties but will stop this behavior in 7.0. You should manually replace `%node_name` with `[%node_name]%marker ` in these locations:
elasticsearch                        |   /etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties"}
elasticsearch                        | {"type":"log","host":"e3933e9fe1c3","level":"INFO","systemid":"2106a117733f42d697284fbc54927928","system":"BELK","time": "2020-11-05T15:07:04.771Z","logger":"o.e.n.Node","timezone":"UTC","marker":"[localhost] ","log":"version[7.8.0], pid[10], build[oss/rpm/757314695644ea9a1dc2fecd26d1a43856725e65/2020-06-14T19:35:50.234439Z], OS[Linux/3.10.0-1127.13.1.el7.x86_64/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM/11.0.7/11.0.7+10-LTS]"}
elasticsearch                        | {"type":"log","host":"e3933e9fe1c3","level":"INFO","systemid":"2106a117733f42d697284fbc54927928","system":"BELK","time": "2020-11-05T15:07:04.772Z","logger":"o.e.n.Node","timezone":"UTC","marker":"[localhost] ","log":"JVM home [/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.7.10-4.el7_8.x86_64]"}
elasticsearch                        | {"type":"log","host":"e3933e9fe1c3","level":"INFO","systemid":"2106a117733f42d697284fbc54927928","system":"BELK","time": "2020-11-05T15:07:04.772Z","logger":"o.e.n.Node","timezone":"UTC","marker":"[localhost] ","log":"JVM arguments [-Xshare:auto, -Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60, -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dio.netty.allocator.numDirectArenas=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Djava.locale.providers=SPI,COMPAT, -Xms1g, -Xmx1g, -XX:+UseG1GC, -XX:G1ReservePercent=25, -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=30, -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/elasticsearch-1576227752267946562, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:HeapDumpPath=/var/lib/elasticsearch, -XX:ErrorFile=/var/log/elasticsearch/hs_err_pid%p.log, -Xlog:gc*,gc+age=trace,safepoint:file=/var/log/elasticsearch/gc.log:utctime,pid,tags:filecount=32,filesize=64m, -Des.cgroups.hierarchy.override=/, -Xms1g, -Xmx1g, -XX:MaxDirectMemorySize=536870912, -Des.path.home=/usr/share/elasticsearch, -Des.path.conf=/etc/elasticsearch, -Des.distribution.flavor=oss, -Des.distribution.type=rpm, -Des.bundled_jdk=true]"}
      | {"type":"log","host":"e3933e9fe1c3","level":"INFO","systemid":"2106a117733f42d697284fbc54927928","system":"BELK","time": "2020-11-05T15:07:05.821Z","logger":"o.e.e.NodeEnvironment","timezone":"UTC","marker":"[localhost] ","log":"heap size [1gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]"}
elasticsearch                        | {"type":"log","host":"e3933e9fe1c3","level":"INFO","systemid":"2106a117733f42d697284fbc54927928","system":"BELK","time": "2020-11-05T15:07:05.864Z","logger":"o.e.n.Node","timezone":"UTC","marker":"[localhost] ","log":"node name [localhost], node ID [cQDQte1HS-uxkHHIC9nUsQ], cluster name [elasticsearch-default]"}
elasticsearch                        | {"type":"log","host":"e3933e9fe1c3","level":"ERROR","systemid":"2106a117733f42d697284fbc54927928","system":"BELK","time": "2020-11-05T15:07:08.103Z","logger":"o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler","timezone":"UTC","marker":"[localhost] ","log":"uncaught exception in thread [main]"}
elasticsearch                        | org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [xpack.security.enabled] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:174) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        | Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [xpack.security.enabled] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:544) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:489) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:460) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:431) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.<init>(SettingsModule.java:149) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:370) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:266) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170) ~[elasticsearch-7.8.0.jar:7.8.0]
elasticsearch                        |  ... 6 more
elasticsearch                        | uncaught exception in thread [main]
elasticsearch                        | java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [xpack.security.enabled] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:544)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:489)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:460)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:431)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.<init>(SettingsModule.java:149)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:370)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:266)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:227)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:227)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:393)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:170)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:161)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:127)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:126)
elasticsearch                        |  at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92)
elasticsearch                        | For complete error details, refer to the log at /data/log/elasticsearch-default.log
elasticsearch exited with code 1

How can "[xpack.security.enabled]" be unknown setting when it is something actually mentioned in docs?
Additionaly I've already checked different versions of elasticsearch and the output is the same.

dadoonet · November 5, 2020, 6:22pm

Here is how I'm setting that with docker compose ( docker-compose.yml):

---
version: '3'
services:

  elasticsearch:
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:$ELASTIC_VERSION
    environment:
      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
      - discovery.type=single-node
      - ELASTIC_PASSWORD=$ELASTIC_PASSWORD
      - xpack.security.enabled=$ELASTIC_SECURITY
    ulimits:
      memlock:
        soft: -1
        hard: -1
    ports:
      - 9200:9200
    networks: ['stack']

  kibana:
    image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:$ELASTIC_VERSION
    environment:
      - ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME=elastic
      - ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD=$ELASTIC_PASSWORD
    ports: ['5601:5601']
    networks: ['stack']
    links: ['elasticsearch']
    depends_on: ['elasticsearch']

networks:
  stack: {}

.env file is:

ELASTIC_VERSION=7.9.3
ELASTIC_SECURITY=true
ELASTIC_PASSWORD=changeme

oobi89 · November 6, 2020, 8:35am

Thank you for the answer, this is in fact working. Somehow I didn't think of checking image repository.
Based on that I've noticed that I've been using company managed images and that's why xpack was not working. But right now I found out there are official and open source releases of elasticsearch so does it mean I can't use official image for work related project and there is no way to use built in login functionality?

dadoonet · November 6, 2020, 8:54am

You can freely use all the Basic-licensed features yourself and within your company,

oobi89 · November 6, 2020, 9:35am

Yeah, I understand that, but if I am not wrong it seems that xpack features are not available in Basic license hence no login feature and that's the problem.

Christian_Dahlqvist · November 6, 2020, 9:47am

This log snippet from above, version[7.8.0], pid[10], build[oss/rpm, seems to indicate that you are using an image based on the oss distribution and not the default one which includes x-pack.

system · December 4, 2020, 9:47am

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