# Can not get to security setting in kibana on a basic licence
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [July 16, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727 "2019-07-16T11:53:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/1 "2019-07-16T11:53:06Z")
Hi guys,
So under management in Kibana I cannot seem to get to any of the security settings (the option does not appear in the menu). I have enabled xpack security settings.
If I go through the dashboard to security this is what appears:
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/2 "2019-07-16T12:58:48Z")
> [@Ej\_R](#):
>
> ashboard to security this is what appears:
HI,
As the error suggests in the screenshot, the user does not have enough permissions to access users. The security features provide a role-based access control (RBAC) mechanism, which enables you to authorize users by assigning privileges to roles and assigning roles to users or groups. You can create a superuser to login to see how to access users and roles. You can read about it more here:
> **[User authorization | Elastic Stack Overview \[7.4\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/current/authorization.html)**
Thanks
Rashmi
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/3 "2019-07-16T14:09:28Z")
Hi Rashmi,
Is there a way to see who I am logged in as? I haven't had to log in and so I don't even know how to grant this user account superuser rights.
Thanks! 🙂
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### Author:  [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/4 "2019-07-16T14:23:57Z")
What kind of license is this stack on ?
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/get-license.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/get-license.html)
Thanks
Rashmi
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/5 "2019-07-16T14:49:03Z")
The basic licence.
Thanks,
EJ
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/6 "2019-07-16T14:52:10Z")
"status" : "active"
"type" : "basic"
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### Author:  [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/7 "2019-07-16T14:54:39Z")
Plz enable Security on your basic license to get access to users and roles. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/current/get-started-enable-security.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/current/get-started-enable-security.html)
Thanks
Rashmi
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/8 "2019-07-16T15:21:38Z")
I have already done this, in the elasticsearch.yml file I have the line:
xpack.security.enabled: true
But this has not worked.
Thanks,
EJ
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### Author:  [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/9 "2019-07-16T15:27:07Z")
Have you completed the entire exercise like setting up passwords for built in users ?
Set the built-in users' passwords.
Run the following command from the Elasticsearch directory:
./bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive
Please follow the link I sent above to configure security .
Thanks
Rashmi
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/10 "2019-07-16T15:29:36Z")
We have tried that, it has already been done once. But if we try to run it again we get a message saying X-Pack Secuirty is not available. Which is odd because we have enabled it.
Thanks,
EJ
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Gregory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Larry_Gregory)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/11 "2019-07-16T17:23:34Z")
Hey @Ej_R,
You can find the user you're logged in as by navigating to the top right of Kibana and clicking the circle:
Can you post your full `kibana.yml`, redacting any sensitive information such as passwords?
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/12 "2019-07-17T07:45:16Z")
Hiya,
My display looks slightly different to yours:
I shall post the yml file as well.
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/13 "2019-07-17T09:06:25Z")
You are using version 6.6.2, in which security is not part of the basic license. You will need to upgrade to 6.8.
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/14 "2019-07-17T10:41:02Z")
Okay, how do I go about this? Can I just upgrade or are there any requirement before upgrade?
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/15 "2019-07-17T14:23:39Z")
I have upgraded both Kibana and elastic search to 7.2 but it is now coming up with:
Any ideas on what is causing this? I have used the curl command to check if elastic search is running, and have worked out it only runs when I get rid of the enable xpack security line. So I can't configure security at the moment (not that it currently matters as I can't even get onto the kibana dashboard)
Thanks,
EJ
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Gregory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Larry_Gregory)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/16 "2019-07-17T14:55:22Z")
Hey @Ej_R, how long has Kibana been in this state? Can you post your full kibana log file?
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/17 "2019-07-17T14:59:20Z")
Hi Larry,
Since I upgraded it today to 7.2i I'll post it now.
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/18 "2019-07-17T15:05:24Z")
Hiya,
I just checked the Kibana file and we did not have logging enabled.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Gregory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Larry_Gregory)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/19 "2019-07-17T15:07:39Z")
Ok, please enable logging, and restart the Kibana process. You can use the `logging.dest` setting to specify a file where Kibana should log to. While you're at it, set `logging.verbose: true` in your `kibana.yml` too. That will give us the most information so that we can help you further.
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### Author:  [@Ej\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ej_R)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-not-get-to-security-setting-in-kibana-on-a-basic-licence/190727/20 "2019-07-17T15:21:54Z")
I have enabled it, restarted the service but I am waiting for logs to appear.
Thanks!
EJ 🙂
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