# Error Metricbeats in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-metricbeats-in-kibana/256402>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [November 23, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-metricbeats-in-kibana/256402 "2020-11-23T20:36:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Cristiane\_Marcarini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cristiane_marcarini/32/79393_2.png) [@Cristiane\_Marcarini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cristiane_Marcarini)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-metricbeats-in-kibana/256402/1 "2020-11-23T20:36:18Z")

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[exception] Security must be explicitly enabled when using a [basic] license. Enable security by setting [xpack.security.enabled] to [true] in the elasticsearch.yml file and restart the node.: Check the Elasticsearch Monitoring cluster network connection or the load level of the nodes.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-metricbeats-in-kibana/256402/2 "2020-11-23T23:06:47Z")

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Are you asking for assistance here, or just posting an error?

if you are asking for assistance, you may need to provide a little more context. What version are you using? What are you doing when you see this error?

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**Author:** ![Cristiane\_Marcarini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cristiane_marcarini/32/79393_2.png) [@Cristiane\_Marcarini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cristiane_Marcarini)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-metricbeats-in-kibana/256402/3 "2020-12-03T18:10:34Z")

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So, I have to run metricbeats before, I have to give a permission from the company, and it shows this error.

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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 31, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-metricbeats-in-kibana/256402/4 "2020-12-31T18:10:35Z")

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