# Elastic searchguard auditbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-searchguard-auditbeat/237127>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** auditbeat\
**Created:** [June 15, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-searchguard-auditbeat/237127 "2020-06-15T11:41:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Slava\_Gavrilov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/slava_gavrilov/32/46287_2.png) [@Slava\_Gavrilov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Slava_Gavrilov)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-searchguard-auditbeat/237127/1 "2020-06-15T11:41:05Z")

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Hi. I've installed yet another instance of auditbeat for my SIEM. The configurations is same as other. But it can't connect to elastic because of not enough permissions (monitor/xpack/license/get).

```auto
Failed to connect to backoff(
            elasticsearch(https://192.168.192.124:9200)): 
                    Connection marked as failed because the onConnect callback failed: cannot retrieve the elasticsearch license from the /_license endpoint, Auditbeat requires the default distribution of Elasticsearch. Please make the endpoint accessible to Auditbeat so it can verify the license.: could not retrieve the license information from the cluster: 403 Forbidden: 
                    {"error":{
                            "root_cause":[
                                    {"type":"security_exception",
                                     "reason":"no permissions for [cluster:monitor/xpack/license/get] and User [name=usr_logstash, backend_roles=[], requestedTenant=null]"}
                            ]

```

Should I create new permissions to 'monitor/xpack/license/get'? Can I disable check xpack licence? If no, why it is working on other auditbeat instances?

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-searchguard-auditbeat/237127/2 "2020-06-15T11:58:20Z")

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If you are not using the default distribution of Elasticsearch you probably need to install the OSS version of Auditbeat.

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**Author:** ![Slava\_Gavrilov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/slava_gavrilov/32/46287_2.png) [@Slava\_Gavrilov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Slava_Gavrilov)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-searchguard-auditbeat/237127/3 "2020-06-15T14:24:38Z")

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I'm using

```auto
elasticsearch -V
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
Version: 7.3.2, Build: default/tar/1c1faf1/2019-09-06T14:40:30.409026Z, JVM: 12.0.2

```

Is it necessary to set auditbeat permissions (cluster:monitor/xpack/license/get) in searchguard? I'm not using any xpack modules.

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-searchguard-auditbeat/237127/4 "2020-06-15T14:26:37Z")

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I do not know. Have never used Searchguard.

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**Author:** ![Slava\_Gavrilov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/slava_gavrilov/32/46287_2.png) [@Slava\_Gavrilov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Slava_Gavrilov)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-searchguard-auditbeat/237127/5 "2020-06-15T15:13:14Z")

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i mean... Is it necessary auditbeat access to 'cluster:monitor/xpack/license/get' to work correctly? I think I don't have to access to xpack licence because I dont use xpack. Or I mistake?

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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:** [June 15, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-searchguard-auditbeat/237127/6 "2020-06-15T15:14:36Z")

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Yes, the default distribution of Auditbeat requires license check.

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**Author:** ![Slava\_Gavrilov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/slava_gavrilov/32/46287_2.png) [@Slava\_Gavrilov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Slava_Gavrilov)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-searchguard-auditbeat/237127/7 "2020-06-15T15:15:45Z")

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Thanks a lot.

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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 13, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-searchguard-auditbeat/237127/8 "2020-07-13T17:15:57Z")

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