# Elasticsearch plugin is red when starting kibana
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-when-starting-kibana/76125
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 23, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-when-starting-kibana/76125 "2017-02-23T00:17:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Li](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Leo_Li)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-when-starting-kibana/76125/1 "2017-02-23T00:17:48Z")
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](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?
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### Author:  [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-when-starting-kibana/76125/2 "2017-02-23T15:32:58Z")
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!
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### Author:  [@Leo\_Li](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Leo_Li)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-when-starting-kibana/76125/3 "2017-02-23T22:03:32Z")
Thanks Lukas, actually I just downloaded a basic free license from elasticsearch and looks like the problem is solved.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-when-starting-kibana/76125/4 "2017-03-23T22:03:59Z")
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