# Disable entitlement by default in elastic 8.17

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-entitlement-by-default-in-elastic-8-17/376509>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 28, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-entitlement-by-default-in-elastic-8-17/376509 "2025-03-28T03:29:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![smiley\_tamy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/smiley_tamy/32/113375_2.png) [@smiley\_tamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/smiley_tamy)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 3:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-entitlement-by-default-in-elastic-8-17/376509/1 "2025-03-28T03:29:16Z")

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I have a requirement to disable the checks for elasticsearch entitlement. Could you please let me know how is it possible

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-entitlement-by-default-in-elastic-8-17/376509/2 "2025-03-28T05:53:38Z")

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What do you mean by "checks for elasticsearch entitlement"? Are you referring to the [bootstrap checks](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/bootstrap-checks.html)? If so, why would you want to do this?

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**Author:** ![smiley\_tamy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/smiley_tamy/32/113375_2.png) [@smiley\_tamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/smiley_tamy)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-entitlement-by-default-in-elastic-8-17/376509/3 "2025-03-28T15:22:30Z")

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I still use the legacy Security Manager and wanted to disable entitlement

It is mentioned here that it can be disabled by default [elasticsearch/libs/entitlement/README.md at main · elastic/elasticsearch](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/blob/main/libs/entitlement/README.md)

[Dynamic entitlement agent by prdoyle · Pull Request #116125 · elastic/elasticsearch](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/116125/commits/fe44f2995d0af98f3c2ff6962754f2e49c5f6c12)

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/disable-entitlement-by-default-in-elastic-8-17/376509/4 "2025-03-31T01:27:15Z")

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Entitlements don't exist in ES 8.17.

What problem are you actually trying to solve here?