# Error installing licence

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-installing-licence/109949>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 1, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-installing-licence/109949 "2017-12-01T15:05:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Boer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peter\_Boer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter_Boer)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-installing-licence/109949/1 "2017-12-01T15:05:10Z")

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When installing the licence using:  
curl -XPUT -u elastic 'http://:/\_xpack/license' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @license.json

I get this error:

{"error":"Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/\_xpack/license] and method [PUT], allowed: [POST]","status":405}

Should I modify a specific file sothat I can use the PUT methode? What am I missing here?

I am using Elastic Stack 6.0

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**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-installing-licence/109949/2 "2017-12-01T15:57:41Z")

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Hi,

Indeed strange, as PUT [is the correct verb](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/installing-license.html)

Can you please share the output of

`curl -XGET http://<host>:<port> -u elastic` and  
`curl -XGET http://<host>:<port>/_cat/plugins?v -u elastic`

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**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:** [December 1, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-installing-licence/109949/3 "2017-12-01T21:22:38Z")

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It looks like you have not installed the X-Pack plugin on the server, or you didn't restart the node after installation.

Running the commands that @ikakavas recommended should confirm that.

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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:** [December 29, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-installing-licence/109949/4 "2017-12-29T21:22:58Z")

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