# Elasticsearch x-pack-security enable on cluster (SOLVED)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-x-pack-security-enable-on-cluster-solved/171766>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 11, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-x-pack-security-enable-on-cluster-solved/171766 "2019-03-11T12:49:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![quorum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quorum](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/quorum)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-x-pack-security-enable-on-cluster-solved/171766/1 "2019-03-11T12:49:18Z")

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Hey,

i am in the process of evaluating elasticsearch in a cluster of three nodes. i want to do an authenticated setup and did not yet configured xpack.security.enabled: true  
as far as i understood the docs every node will be provided a bootstrap password that is used by  
elasticsearch-setup-passwords on every node

so the problem now is that elasticsearch-setup-passwords complains about xpack-security not  
being enabled. so i enable it with xpack.security.enabled: true and restart every node.  
but now i am confronted with cluster-membership being not possible due to not providing  
the correct password (which is true, it is still the bootstrap password on each node and as per  
docs i have no need to know it)

question: how could i set the password for the elastic-user with the elasticsearch-setup-passwords  
tool in a cluster with x-pack-security enabled?

added notes: basic license, discovery.zen.minimum\_master\_nodes = 2

thanks

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**Author:** ![quorum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quorum](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/quorum)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-x-pack-security-enable-on-cluster-solved/171766/2 "2019-03-11T13:07:44Z")

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ok, xpack-security is not part of the basic-license

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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:** [April 8, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-x-pack-security-enable-on-cluster-solved/171766/3 "2019-04-08T13:07:49Z")

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