Elasticsearch plugin is red when starting kibana

[Leo_Li]

Hi,

I'm using Elasticsearch 5.2 in docker and installed Kibana 5.2 in remote.

Previously I was able to use kibana to access Elasticsearch but now when I start kibana I got error:

log [00:12:26.173] [info][status][plugin:kibana@5.2.1] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
log [00:12:26.317] [info][status][plugin:elasticsearch@5.2.1] Status changed from uninitialized to yellow - Waiting for Elasticsearch
log [00:12:26.380] [info][status][plugin:console@5.2.1] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
log [00:12:26.411] [error][status][plugin:elasticsearch@5.2.1] Status changed from yellow to red - [security_exception] current license is non-compliant for [security], with { license.expired.feature="security" }
log [00:12:26.751] [info][status][plugin:timelion@5.2.1] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
log [00:12:26.762] [info][listening] Server running at http://0.0.0.0:5601
log [00:12:26.765] [error][status][ui settings] Status changed from uninitialized to red - Elasticsearch plugin is red

Not sure if it is because of the license is expired, but I thought even the license expired I should still able to explore the data through kibana?

[lukas (Lukas Olson)]

If your license is expired, you'll need to disable security. You can do this by adding the following to both your Elasticsearch and your Kibana config:

xpack.security.enabled: false

Could you give that a try and let me know what happens? Thanks!

[Leo_Li]

Thanks Lukas, actually I just downloaded a basic free license from elasticsearch and looks like the problem is solved.