# Can't get X-Pack/Monitoring to work with basic license

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-x-pack-monitoring-to-work-with-basic-license/131815>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 14, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-x-pack-monitoring-to-work-with-basic-license/131815 "2018-05-14T21:56:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Lecour](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jeremy_lecour/32/1416_2.png) [@Jeremy\_Lecour](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jeremy_Lecour)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-x-pack-monitoring-to-work-with-basic-license/131815/1 "2018-05-14T21:56:20Z")

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Hi friends,

I've just installed an Elasticsearch 6.2.4 cluster on with 4 nodes, with Kibana 6.2.4 and X-Pack (in Elasticsearch and Kibana). I've changed the license to "basic" and disabled "xpack.security".  
A "GET \_xpack/license" returns that my license is valid.

My issue is that I don't have the "Monitoring" tab in Kibana, I don't have a "Elasticsearch" section in the "Management" tab.

I've obviously restarted the various processes many times.

What did I do wrong ?

Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![JKhondhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-x-pack-monitoring-to-work-with-basic-license/131815/2 "2018-05-16T16:59:09Z")

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@Jeremy_Lecour this is interesting.  
With a basic license we should have local monitoring able to capture without issues.

Can you share the elasticsearch.yml && is the yaml the same across the four nodes?

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**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Lecour](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jeremy_lecour/32/1416_2.png) [@Jeremy\_Lecour](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jeremy_Lecour)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-x-pack-monitoring-to-work-with-basic-license/131815/3 "2018-05-17T08:14:44Z")

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Hi, thank you for looking at my issue.

Here is my configuration. Everything is exactly the same with the four nodes.

```
# cat /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml

cluster.name: elastic1
node.name: ${HOSTNAME}
node.attr.box_type: warm
path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
bootstrap.memory_lock: true
network.host: [_global_, _site_, _local_]
network.publish_host: _site_
discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["10.0.0.10","10.0.0.11","10.0.0.12"]
discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes: 3
xpack.license.self_generated.type: "basic"
xpack.security.enabled: false
xpack.monitoring.enabled: true

# /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin list
x-pack
    x-pack-core
    x-pack-deprecation
    x-pack-graph
    x-pack-logstash
    x-pack-ml
    x-pack-monitoring
    x-pack-security
    x-pack-upgrade
    x-pack-watcher

# cat /etc/kibana/kibana.yml

server.host: "127.0.0.1"
server.basePath: "/kibana"
logging.dest: /var/log/kibana/kibana.log
logging.quiet: true

# /usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana-plugin list
x-pack@6.2.4
```

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**Author:** ![Jeremy\_Lecour](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jeremy_lecour/32/1416_2.png) [@Jeremy\_Lecour](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jeremy_Lecour)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-x-pack-monitoring-to-work-with-basic-license/131815/4 "2018-05-22T13:45:29Z")

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I've tried to install a fresh new cluster with only one node for Elasticsearch and Kibana.  
I've set "xpack.license.self\_generated.type" to "basic" before installing the plugins.  
I've installed the x-pack plugin for ES and Kibana, then added my licence.

I still don't have the monitoring tab in Kibana ☹

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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:** [June 19, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-x-pack-monitoring-to-work-with-basic-license/131815/5 "2018-06-19T13:45:35Z")

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