# Enabling xpack causes errors **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [August 3, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enabling-xpack-causes-errors/243601 "2020-08-03T15:52:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jLemmings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@jLemmings](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jLemmings)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enabling-xpack-causes-errors/243601/1 "2020-08-03T15:52:29Z")
Hello I am trying to set up a simple ELK stack using docker. While I disable xpack security it starts fine and I can access the Kibana interface. If xpack security is enabled I get an "Kibana server is not ready yet" error from the Kibana interface. This error is most likely caused by this Elasticsearch error: ``` {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-08-03T15:35:10,134Z", "level": "INFO", "component": "o.e.c.r.a.AllocationService", "cluster.name": "elastic-cluster", "node.name": "elasticsearch", "message": "Cluster health status changed from [RED] to [GREEN] (reason: [shards started [[.monitoring-es-7-2020.08.03][0]]]).", "cluster.uuid": "Vdk1-_4sSvuqlEspQcF-6A", "node.id": "PZMUpi_JSJS6IZ7tv6H22g" } {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-08-03T15:35:10,560Z", "level": "ERROR", "component": "o.e.x.s.a.e.NativeUsersStore", "cluster.name": "elastic-cluster", "node.name": "elasticsearch", "message": "security index is unavailable. short circuiting retrieval of user [elasticadmin]", "cluster.uuid": "Vdk1-_4sSvuqlEspQcF-6A", "node.id": "PZMUpi_JSJS6IZ7tv6H22g" } ``` This is my elasticsearch.yml: ``` cluster.name: elastic-cluster node.name: elasticsearch network.host: 0.0.0.0 transport.host: 0.0.0.0 ## Cluster Settings discovery.seed_hosts: elasticsearch cluster.initial_master_nodes: elasticsearch ## License xpack.license.self_generated.type: basic # Security xpack.security.enabled: true ## - ssl xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode: certificate xpack.security.transport.ssl.key: certs/elasticsearch.key xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate: certs/elasticsearch.crt xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities: certs/ca.crt ## - http #xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled: true #xpack.security.http.ssl.key: certs/elasticsearch.key #xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate: certs/elasticsearch.crt #xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities: certs/ca.crt #xpack.security.http.ssl.client_authentication: optional # Monitoring xpack.monitoring.enabled: true xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled: true ``` This is the error log from Kibana: ```auto {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-08-03T15:42:22Z","tags":["warning","plugins","licensing"],"pid":6," message":"License information could not be obtained from Elasticsearch due to [security_exception] unable to authenticate user [elasticadmin] for REST request [/_xpack], with { header={ WWW-Authenticate=\"Basic realm=\\\"security\\\" charset=\\\"UTF-8\\\"\" } } :: {\"path\":\"/_xpack\",\"statusCode\":401,\"response\":\"{\\\"error\\\":{\\\"root_cause\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"security_exception\\\",\\\"reason\\\":\\\"unable to authenticate user [elasticadmin] for REST request [/_xpack]\\\",\\\"header\\\":{\\\"WWW-Authenticate\\\":\\\"Basic realm=\\\\\\\"security\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"UTF-8\\\\\\\"\\\"}}],\\\"type\\\":\\\"security_exception\\\",\\\"reason\\\":\\\"unable to authenticate user [elasticadmin] for REST request [/_xpack]\\\",\\\"header\\\":{\\\"WWW-Authenticate\\\":\\\"Basic realm=\\\\\\\"security\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"UTF-8\\\\\\\"\\\"}},\\\"status\\\":401}\",\"wwwAuthenticateDirective\":\"Basic realm=\\\"security\\\" charset=\\\"UTF-8\\\"\"} error"} ``` Where should I start looking to find the source of this issue? Thanks for any help! ---
**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enabling-xpack-causes-errors/243601/2 "2020-08-05T04:35:32Z")
> [@jLemmings](#): > > ```auto > {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-08-03T15:42:22Z","tags":["warning","plugins","licensing"],"pid":6," > message":"License information could not be obtained from Elasticsearch due to [security_exception] unable to authenticate user [elasticadmin] for REST request [/_xpack], with { header={ WWW-Authenticate=\"Basic realm=\\\"security\\\" charset=\\\"UTF-8\\\"\" } } :: {\"path\":\"/_xpack\",\"statusCode\":401,\"response\":\"{\\\"error\\\":{\\\"root_cause\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"security_exception\\\",\\\"reason\\\":\\\"unable to authenticate user [elasticadmin] for REST request [/_xpack]\\\",\\\"header\\\":{\\\"WWW-Authenticate\\\":\\\"Basic realm=\\\\\\\"security\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"UTF-8\\\\\\\"\\\"}}],\\\"type\\\":\\\"security_exception\\\",\\\"reason\\\":\\\"unable to authenticate user [elasticadmin] for REST request [/_xpack]\\\",\\\"header\\\":{\\\"WWW-Authenticate\\\":\\\"Basic realm=\\\\\\\"security\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"UTF-8\\\\\\\"\\\"}},\\\"status\\\":401}\",\"wwwAuthenticateDirective\":\"Basic realm=\\\"security\\\" charset=\\\"UTF-8\\\"\"} error"} > > ``` > > Where should I start looking to find the source of this issue? > > Thanks for any help! You turned on authentication (security), but it appears that you haven't configured the correct credentials in `kibana.yml` to allow Kibana to connect to Elasticsearch. In your kibana.yml file you should have something like: ```auto elasticsearch.username: "elasticadmin" elasticsearch.password: "" ``` I don't know where your `elasticadmin` username came from, or if you configured a password for it, but it doesn't appear to be correct. If you haven't configured anything, then that user doesn't exist yet. In that case you should run [`elasticsearch-setup-passwords`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.8/get-started-built-in-users.html) and reconfigure kibana to use the `kibana_system` user (and the generated password). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/enabling-xpack-causes-errors/243601/3 "2020-09-02T04:35:44Z")
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