Error while starting elasticsearch xpack.security.enabled=true

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In my scenario I have started elasticsearch 7.2 first and stopped it and added following property:

xpack.license.self_generated.type: trial
xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled: true

And restarted elasticsearch then it gives me this error:

ERROR: [1] bootstrap checks failed
[1]: Transport SSL must be enabled if security is enabled on a [basic] license. Please set [xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled] to [true] or disable security by setting [xpack.security.enabled] to [false]

As per documentation it should start when xpack.security.enabled is true and xpack.license.self_generated.type is trial.

Is this problem with bootstrapping?

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Hi you can enable the below mentioned settings in order to solve your issue.

xpack.security.enabled: true
xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true

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You are not actually running with a trial license. xpack.license.self_generated.type takes effect only if you add it in your configuration before the first time you run elasticsearch. Otherwise, it will start and self-generate a basic license, which is what happened in your case. You can still start a trial if you want to, but you have to use the start trial API

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