# Basic License unable to enable xpack

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-unable-to-enable-xpack/260461>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 7, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-unable-to-enable-xpack/260461 "2021-01-07T16:03:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![navin1093](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e47c2d/32.png) [@navin1093](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/navin1093)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-unable-to-enable-xpack/260461/1 "2021-01-07T16:03:18Z")

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Hi, i perform yum install in my centos 7 elk. When i configure security i hitting the error below. I am using basic license. Is basic license not allowed for xpack security as i want allow user to login rather than having no user to login

```auto
Unexpected response code [500] from calling GET http://127.0.0.1:9200/_security/_authenticate?pretty
It doesn't look like the X-Pack security feature is enabled on this Elasticsearch node.
Please check if you have enabled X-Pack security in your elasticsearch.yml configuration file.
ERROR: X-Pack Security is disabled by configuration.

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**Author:** ![bsanderRMG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bsanderRMG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bsanderRMG)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-unable-to-enable-xpack/260461/2 "2021-01-07T16:30:55Z")

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Is 'xpack.security.enabled' set to true in your elasticsearch.yml?

See docs:

> **[Configuring security in Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch Reference \[7.10\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/configuring-security.html)**

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**Author:** ![navin1093](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e47c2d/32.png) [@navin1093](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/navin1093)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-unable-to-enable-xpack/260461/3 "2021-01-08T01:16:48Z")

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hi yes. it already enabled. i got restart centos 7 as well my elasticsearch

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**Author:** ![bsanderRMG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@bsanderRMG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bsanderRMG)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-unable-to-enable-xpack/260461/4 "2021-01-08T01:42:05Z")

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Can you post your elasticsearch.yml contents here?

Also, since I'm assuming you did a normal non-Docker install, you may want to check the file permissions in your config directory and make sure all files are owned by the "elasticsearch" user.

AKA: `chown -R elasticsearch:elasticsearch <your config directory>`

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**Author:** ![navin1093](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e47c2d/32.png) [@navin1093](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/navin1093)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-unable-to-enable-xpack/260461/5 "2021-01-08T05:30:27Z")

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thanks it works now

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/basic-license-unable-to-enable-xpack/260461/6 "2021-02-05T05:30:37Z")

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