# \[error\]\[status\]\[ui settings\] Status changed from uninitialized to red - Elasticsearch plugin is red **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 2, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-status-ui-settings-status-changed-from-uninitialized-to-red-elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/77144 "2017-03-02T13:30:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ganesh2303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-status-ui-settings-status-changed-from-uninitialized-to-red-elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/77144/1 "2017-03-02T13:30:32Z")
Hi. @elasticsearch @Kibana I want to disable the Xpack in elasticsearch 5.2 when define that code in elasticsearch.yml im facing issue to start elasticsearch, please help me to correct this error ``` xpack.security.enabled: false xpack.monitoring.enabled: false xpack.graph.enabled: false xpack.watcher.enabled: false ``` Error: ``` [2017-03-02T05:26:17,304][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [vmwarehost.beepqal1.node1] uncaught exception in thread [main] o rg.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [xpack.graph.enabled] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:125) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:122) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:88) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:89) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:82) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [xpack.graph.enabled] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:276) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:244) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:138) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:328) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:232) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$6.(Bootstrap.java:241) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:241) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] ... 6 more Suppressed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [xpack.monitoring.enabled] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:276) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.AbstractScopedSettings.validate(AbstractScopedSettings.java:244) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsModule.(SettingsModule.java:138) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:328) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:232) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$6.(Bootstrap.java:241) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:241) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:122) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:88) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:89) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:82) ~[elasticsearch-5.2.1.jar:5.2.1] Suppressed: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [xpack.security.enabled] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings ``` ---
**Author:** ![wenpos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wenpos/32/15326_2.png) [@wenpos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wenpos)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-status-ui-settings-status-changed-from-uninitialized-to-red-elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/77144/2 "2017-03-03T07:27:48Z")
How did you use X-pack? are you sure that set false configure in both elasticsearch.yml and kibana.yml ---
**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:** [March 3, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-status-ui-settings-status-changed-from-uninitialized-to-red-elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/77144/3 "2017-03-03T07:28:54Z")
What does the output of `_cat/plugins` show? ---
**Author:** ![Ganesh2303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-status-ui-settings-status-changed-from-uninitialized-to-red-elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/77144/4 "2017-03-03T07:36:30Z")
@warkolm I tried below command and i got the following reply [http://xxxxxx:9200/\_cat](http://xxxxxx:9200/_cat) ``` =^.^= /_cat/tasks /_cat/fielddata /_cat/fielddata/{fields} /_cat/indices /_cat/indices/{index} /_cat/thread_pool /_cat/thread_pool/{thread_pools}/_cat/plugins /_cat/aliases /_cat/aliases/{alias} /_cat/recovery /_cat/recovery/{index} /_cat/allocation /_cat/repositories /_cat/nodes /_cat/snapshots/{repository} /_cat/master /_cat/templates /_cat/count /_cat/count/{index} /_cat/shards /_cat/shards/{index} /_cat/pending_tasks /_cat/health /_cat/nodeattrs /_cat/segments /_cat/segments/{index} ``` [http://xxxxxx:9200/\_cat/plugins](http://xxxxxx:9200/_cat/plugins) `{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"master_not_discovered_exception","reason":null}],"type":"master_not_discovered_exception","reason":null},"status":503}` ---
**Author:** ![Ganesh2303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-status-ui-settings-status-changed-from-uninitialized-to-red-elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/77144/5 "2017-03-03T07:37:19Z")
@wenpos i defined in both kibana and elasticsearch.yml, but when i start elasticsearch it throw those errors. ---
**Author:** ![wenpos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wenpos/32/15326_2.png) [@wenpos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wenpos)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-status-ui-settings-status-changed-from-uninitialized-to-red-elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/77144/6 "2017-03-03T07:41:47Z")
you cluster may be unavailable, try GET ip:9200 , GET \_cat/master. ---
**Author:** ![Ganesh2303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/57b2e6/32.png) [@Ganesh2303](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ganesh2303)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-status-ui-settings-status-changed-from-uninitialized-to-red-elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/77144/7 "2017-03-03T07:48:50Z")
@wenpos [http://xxxxxx:9200](http://xxxxxx:9200) ``` { "name" : xxxxx.beepqal1.node1", "cluster_name" : "sub_prod_cluster", "cluster_uuid" : "_na_", "version" : { "number" : "5.2.1", "build_hash" : "db0d481", "build_date" : "2017-02-09T22:05:32.386Z", "build_snapshot" : false, "lucene_version" : "6.4.1" }, ``` "tagline" : "You Know, for Search" } ---
**Author:** ![wenpos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wenpos/32/15326_2.png) [@wenpos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wenpos)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-status-ui-settings-status-changed-from-uninitialized-to-red-elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/77144/8 "2017-03-03T07:53:19Z")
and GET \_cat/master?v GET \_cat/nodes?v ??? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-status-ui-settings-status-changed-from-uninitialized-to-red-elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/77144/9 "2017-03-31T07:53:44Z")
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