# Elasticsearch 7.6.2 fails to start up with BCFKS enforcement

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-6-2-fails-to-start-up-with-bcfks-enforcement/265646>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 26, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-6-2-fails-to-start-up-with-bcfks-enforcement/265646 "2021-02-26T18:27:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mili\_Kahi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mili_kahi/32/81420_2.png) [@Mili\_Kahi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mili_Kahi)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-6-2-fails-to-start-up-with-bcfks-enforcement/265646/1 "2021-02-26T18:27:25Z")

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We have customized the entry point for Elasticsearch process. In that, we are enforcing to us BCFKS keystore. However, Elasticsearch xpack stack is trying to load with default keytype (JKS) and that is causing error in start up

```
Caused by: java.security.KeyStoreException: FIPS mode: KeyStore must be from provider BCFIPS
    at sun.security.ssl.KeyManagerFactoryImpl$SunX509.engineInit(KeyManagerFactoryImpl.java:67) ~[?:?]
    at javax.net.ssl.KeyManagerFactory.init(KeyManagerFactory.java:256) ~[?:1.8.0_282]
    at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.KeyConfig$1.createKeyManager(KeyConfig.java:40) ~[?:?]
    at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.createSslContext(SSLService.java:428) ~[?:?]
    at java.util.HashMap.computeIfAbsent(HashMap.java:1127) ~[?:1.8.0_282]
    at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.loadConfiguration(SSLService.java:521) ~[?:?]
    at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.lambda$loadSSLConfigurations$4(SSLService.java:497) ~[?:?]
    at java.util.HashMap.forEach(HashMap.java:1289) ~[?:1.8.0_282]
    at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.loadSSLConfigurations(SSLService.java:497) ~[?:?]
    at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.<init>(SSLService.java:142) ~[?:?]
    at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.ssl.SSLService.<init>(SSLService.java:130) ~[?:?]
    at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.XPackPlugin.createComponents(XPackPlugin.java:259) ~[?:?]
    at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.lambda$new$9(Node.java:456) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$7$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:269) ~[?:1.8.0_282]
    at java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.java:1384) ~[?:1.8.0_282]
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:482) ~[?:1.8.0_282]
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:472) ~[?:1.8.0_282]
    at java.util.stream.ReduceOps$ReduceOp.evaluateSequential(ReduceOps.java:708) ~[?:1.8.0_282]
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234) ~[?:1.8.0_282]
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.collect(ReferencePipeline.java:566) ~[?:1.8.0_282]
    at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:459) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]
    at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:257) ~[elasticsearch-7.6.2.jar:7.6.2]
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.RqsBootstrap$5.<init>(RqsBootstrap.java:251) ~[rqs-fips-elasticsearch-2.1-teshi-1-20210224.170126-1.jar:?]
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.RqsBootstrap.setup(RqsBootstrap.java:250) ~[rqs-fips-elasticsearch-2.1-teshi-1-20210224.170126-1.jar:?]
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.RqsBootstrap.init(RqsBootstrap.java:353) ~[rqs-fips-elasticsearch-2.1-teshi-1-20210224.170126-1.jar:?]
    at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.RqsElasticsearch.init(RqsElasticsearch.java:185) ~[rqs-fips-elasticsearch-2.1-teshi-1-20210224.170126-1.jar:?]
    ... 6 more
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**Author:** ![Mili\_Kahi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mili_kahi/32/81420_2.png) [@Mili\_Kahi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mili_Kahi)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-6-2-fails-to-start-up-with-bcfks-enforcement/265646/2 "2021-02-26T18:28:39Z")

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Elasticsearch.yaml

xpack.security.enabled: false  
xpack.watcher.enabled: false  
xpack.monitoring.enabled: false  
xpack.ml.enabled: false  
xpack.graph.enabled: false

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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:** [March 26, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-6-2-fails-to-start-up-with-bcfks-enforcement/265646/3 "2021-03-26T18:28:58Z")

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