# Elastic 8.X license

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-x-license/337052>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** license\
**Created:** [June 28, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-x-license/337052 "2023-06-28T08:23:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Norsu296](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/norsu296/32/111875_2.png) [@Norsu296](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Norsu296)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-x-license/337052/1 "2023-06-28T08:23:25Z")

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Hello, I'm trying to use elastic 8.8.0 on kubernetes with authentication using file realm, but it doesn;t work. In previous version (7.17) it was working, I didn't change anything in configuration. I checked password sha saved in users file and it's matching with password witch I'm using to authenticate. As I can see here [Subscriptions | Elastic Stack Products & Support | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) custom authentication and realms aren't possible in free version? Or I'm missing something?

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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:** [July 26, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-8-x-license/337052/2 "2023-07-26T08:24:01Z")

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