# Do i need a paid license to configure user-name password?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-a-paid-license-to-configure-user-name-password/262316>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, license\
**Created:** [January 27, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-a-paid-license-to-configure-user-name-password/262316 "2021-01-27T05:55:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![pemfir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@pemfir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pemfir)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-a-paid-license-to-configure-user-name-password/262316/1 "2021-01-27T05:55:38Z")

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I work for a company and at this stage doing very preliminary research on toy data on one single server. Do I need a paid license to configure username/password in elastic-search stack ?  
In particular do I need a paid license for running:

1. In elasticsearch.yml  
Xpack.security.enabled: true
2. Generating passwords via command line  
./elasticsearch-setup-passwords auto
3. Adding the kibana username and pass in kibana.yml  
elasticsearch.username: “kibana”  
elasticsearch.password: “generated in the previous step”
4. Starting ES and Kibana  
Login to kibana with “elastic” username and password
5. Adding a new user/role via kibana dashboard

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-a-paid-license-to-configure-user-name-password/262316/2 "2021-01-27T05:56:20Z")

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That is part of the free Security functionality, so nope 🙂

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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 24, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-a-paid-license-to-configure-user-name-password/262316/3 "2021-02-24T05:56:50Z")

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