Elasticsearch 6.3: X-Pack and remote connection doesn't work

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I'm in the same exact boat: fresh install of ES and Kibana through DEB on a remote Ubuntu 16.04 machine.

What I've gathered so far is that this seems to relate to the X-Pack licence now shipping in 6.3. In previous versions this error could appear if the licence expired, but X-Pack basic is free now so this shouldn't be the case.

When I do a GET to _xpack/security this is the response

GET "http://127.0.0.1:9200/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty"
{
  "error" : {
    "root_cause" : [
      {
        "type" : "security_exception",
        "reason" : "current license is non-compliant for [security]",
        "license.expired.feature" : "security"
      }
    ],
    "type" : "security_exception",
    "reason" : "current license is non-compliant for [security]",
    "license.expired.feature" : "security"
  },
  "status" : 403
}

And querying the X-Pack licence API get me this:

GET "http://localhost:9200/_xpack/license"{
  "license" : {
    "status" : "active",
    "uid" : "a5100a6a-cce1-4d51-b197-97fc2304e50a",
    "type" : "basic",
    "issue_date" : "2018-06-20T22:13:12.053Z",
    "issue_date_in_millis" : 1529532792053,
    "max_nodes" : 1000,
    "issued_to" : "elasticsearch",
    "issuer" : "elasticsearch",
    "start_date_in_millis" : -1
  }
}

I have tried setting xpack.security.enabled: false in elasticsearch.yml as some older posts have recommended, but all that did was chance the status from a 403 to a 404.

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