ERROR: X-Pack Security is disabled by configuration. - dp

Hi All,
I have 3 nodes 7.2.1 cluster running on Ubuntu with .tar.gz distribution.

elasticsearch.yaml:

xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true
xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode: certificate
xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.path: master1.p12
xpack.security.transport.ssl.truststore.path: master1.p12

xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled: true
xpack.security.http.ssl.keystore.path: master1.p12
xpack.security.http.ssl.truststore.path: master1.p12

I have enabled the X-Pack and current state is green:

1: Bad call

elastic@elkB03:~$ curl https://${HOSTNAME}:9200/_cluster/health?pretty
curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate in certificate chain
More details here: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html

curl failed to verify the legitimacy of the server and therefore could not
establish a secure connection to it. To learn more about this situation and
how to fix it, please visit the web page mentioned above.
elastic@elkB03:~$

2. Good Call, with -k switch:

elastic@elkB03:~$ curl https://${HOSTNAME}:9200/_cluster/health?pretty -k
{
  "cluster_name" : "dpELK721",
  "status" : "green",
  "timed_out" : false,
  "number_of_nodes" : 3,
  "number_of_data_nodes" : 2,
  "active_primary_shards" : 0,
  "active_shards" : 0,
  "relocating_shards" : 0,
  "initializing_shards" : 0,
  "unassigned_shards" : 0,
  "delayed_unassigned_shards" : 0,
  "number_of_pending_tasks" : 0,
  "number_of_in_flight_fetch" : 0,
  "task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis" : 0,
  "active_shards_percent_as_number" : 100.0
}

This tells me that X-PACK security is enabled.

Trouble: Setting up password:
elastic@elkB03:~$ elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive

Unexpected response code [500] from calling GET https://192.168.233.193:9200/_security/_authenticate?pretty
It doesn't look like the X-Pack security feature is enabled on this Elasticsearch node.
Please check if you have enabled X-Pack security in your elasticsearch.yml configuration file.

ERROR: X-Pack Security is disabled by configuration.
elastic@elkB03:~$

So what is wrong?
Is X-Pack enabled?

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No it doesn't. It tells you the exact opposite. You were able to get access to the cluster health endpoint without providing any authentication, because security is not enabled.

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