# Error while installing elasticsearch license **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 9, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-elasticsearch-license/227222 "2020-04-09T00:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manoj123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@manoj123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manoj123)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-elasticsearch-license/227222/1 "2020-04-09T00:26:21Z")
Recently I tried to install elastic search license for the version 5.6.8. The error I am seeing is ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/3/23d3903d9cdcec81bc7566051634bc4be6e18b44.png) Curl I ran: curl -XPUT -u elastic '[http://es-d3-logs.int.stage.tmocce.com:9200/](http://es-d3-logs.int.stage.tmocce.com:9200/) \_xpack/license' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @license.json I have replaced the downloaded JSON @license.json place. Can someone help me.? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-elasticsearch-license/227222/2 "2020-04-09T01:44:16Z")
Welcome! Please don't post images of text as they are hard to read, may not display correctly for everyone, and are not searchable. Instead, paste the text and format it with `` icon or pairs of triple backticks (```), and check the preview window to make sure it's properly formatted before posting it. This makes it more likely that your question will receive a useful answer. It would be great if you could update your post to solve this. There's a space after `:9200/` and before `_xpack`. May be that's the problem? ---
**Author:** ![manoj123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@manoj123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manoj123)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-elasticsearch-license/227222/3 "2020-04-09T06:45:03Z")
Thanks for replying. Sure, I will avoid posting images. It looks like there is a space but actually there is no space in between :9200/\_xpack ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-elasticsearch-license/227222/4 "2020-04-09T06:48:00Z")
The error message indicates a problem reading the file. Are the user permissions set correctly? Is the path correct? ---
**Author:** ![manoj123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@manoj123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manoj123)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-elasticsearch-license/227222/5 "2020-04-09T19:38:38Z")
Thanks, issue resolved after removing '@' symbol before license. Infact I am facing another big issue with logstash. ````auto ` * bash[shutdown logstash] action run [execute] kill: usage: kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] pid | jobspec ... or kill -l [sigspec] ================================================================================ Error executing action `run` on resource 'bash[shutdown logstash]' ================================================================================ Mixlib::ShellOut::ShellCommandFailed ------------------------------------ Expected process to exit with [0], but received '1' ---- Begin output of "bash" "/tmp/chef-script20200409-7602-t9khsp" ---- STDOUT: STDERR: kill: usage: kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] pid | jobspec ... or kill -l [sigspec] ---- End output of "bash" "/tmp/chef-script20200409-7602-t9khsp" ---- Ran "bash" "/tmp/chef-script20200409-7602-t9khsp" returned 1 Cookbook Trace: --------------- /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/compat_resource/files/lib/chef_compat/monkeypatches/chef/runner.rb:78:in `run_action' /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/compat_resource/files/lib/chef_compat/monkeypatches/chef/runner.rb:106:in `block (2 levels) in converge' /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/compat_resource/files/lib/chef_compat/monkeypatches/chef/runner.rb:106:in `each' /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/compat_resource/files/lib/chef_compat/monkeypatches/chef/runner.rb:106:in `block in converge' /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/compat_resource/files/lib/chef_compat/monkeypatches/chef/runner.rb:105:in `converge' Resource Declaration: --------------------- # In /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/tmo-logstash/recipes/default.rb 36: bash 'shutdown logstash' do 37: action :run 38: code "kill -9 $(pgrep -u logstash)" 39: end 40: Compiled Resource: ------------------ # Declared in /var/chef/cache/cookbooks/tmo-logstash/recipes/default.rb:36:in `from_file' bash("shutdown logstash") do action [:run] retries 0 retry_delay 2 default_guard_interpreter :default command "shutdown logstash" backup 5 returns 0 code "kill -9 $(pgrep -u logstash)" interpreter "bash" declared_type :bash cookbook_name "tmo-logstash" recipe_name "default" end Platform: --------- x86_64-linux Recipe: filebeat::config * service[filebeat] action start (up to date) Running handlers: Running handlers complete Chef Client failed. 4 resources updated in 39 seconds``` I can see logstash under cd/opt folder but still when I check for ps -ef | grep logstash. I don't see the service as running. ```` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-elasticsearch-license/227222/6 "2020-05-07T19:48:52Z")
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