# ES 7.14: can not get API key to work **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [December 5, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-7-14-can-not-get-api-key-to-work/290969 "2021-12-05T01:31:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Russell\_Fulton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/russell_fulton/32/62888_2.png) [@Russell\_Fulton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Russell_Fulton)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-7-14-can-not-get-api-key-to-work/290969/1 "2021-12-05T01:31:39Z")
I am trying to use an API key to authenticate using the API: first the code then the stack trace... ```auto $logger.info "Try connecting to ES #{params}" if $logger begin @client = Elasticsearch::Client.new params INFO syslog-es-connect-loghost : Try connecting to ES {:hosts=>[{"host"=>"secmonprd08.its.auckland.ac.nz", "scheme"=>"https", "port"=>9200}], :request_timeout=>10, :randomize_hosts=>true, :api_key=>"..."} Traceback (most recent call last): 19: from /usr/local/tools/dev/siem_logging/bin/syslog-ng-es.rb:193:in `
' 18: from /usr/local/tools/dev/siem_logging/bin/syslog-ng-es.rb:193:in `new' 17: from /usr/local/tools/dev/siem_logging/lib/source/loghost.rb:36:in `initialize' 16: from /usr/local/tools/dev/siem_logging/lib/source.rb:49:in `initialize' 15: from /usr/local/tools/dev/siem_logging/lib/source.rb:92:in `open_es' 14: from /usr/local/tools/dev/siem_logging/lib/source.rb:92:in `new' 13: from /usr/local/tools/dev/common-library/lib/es_connection.rb:51:in `initialize' 12: from /usr/local/tools/dev/common-library/lib/es_connection.rb:103:in `connect' 11: from /usr/local/tools/dev/common-library/lib/es_connection.rb:103:in `new' 10: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch.rb:35:in `initialize' 9: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch.rb:35:in `new' 8: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-transport-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch/transport/client.rb:171:in `initialize' 7: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-transport-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch/transport/client.rb:171:in `new' 6: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-transport-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch/transport/transport/base.rb:60:in `initialize' 5: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-transport-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch/transport/transport/base.rb:149:in `__build_connections' 4: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-transport-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch/transport/transport/base.rb:149:in `map' 3: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-transport-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch/transport/transport/base.rb:157:in `block in __build_connections' 2: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-transport-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch/transport/transport/http/faraday.rb:63:in `__build_connection' 1: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-transport-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch/transport/transport/base.rb:237:in `__full_url' /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-transport-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch/transport/transport/base.rb:237:in `+': no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError) ``` lots of fiddling with the debugger established that Faraday was expecting a URL parameter and died when it was nil. I then reworked the code to use these parameters: ` {:hosts=>[{:host=>"https://secmonprd08.its.auckland.ac.nz:9200"}], :request_timeout=>10, :randomize_hosts=>true, :api_key=>"..."}` this time I got a client but when I tried ` @health = @client.cluster.health` I got another crash. More work in the debugger yeilded: ```auto /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-transport-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch/transport/transport/base.rb:286: response = block.call(connection, url) (rdb:1) p url "http://https://secmonprd08.its.auckland.ac.nz:9200:9200/" ``` which, unsurprisingly, causes a crash later on. However if I use the debugger: ```auto (rdb:1) url = "https://secmonprd08.its.auckland.ac.nz:9200" "https://secmonprd08.its.auckland.ac.nz:9200" ........... /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/elasticsearch-transport-7.15.0/lib/elasticsearch/transport/transport/base.rb:344: took = (json['took'] ? sprintf('%.3fs', json['took']/1000.0) : 'n/a') rescue 'n/a' (rdb:1) p json {"name"=>"secmonprd08", "cluster_name"=>"test", "cluster_uuid"=>"mSgZQOoHRn-ttSYsjo60GA", "version"=>{"number"=>"7.14.0", "build_flavor"=>"default", "build_type"=>"deb", "build_hash"=>"dd5a0a2acaa2045ff9624f3729fc8a6f40835aa1", "build_date"=>"2021-07-29T20:49:32.864135063Z", "build_snapshot"=>false, "lucene_version"=>"8.9.0", "minimum_wire_compatibility_version"=>"6.8.0", "minimum_index_compatibility_version"=>"6.0.0-beta1"}, "tagline"=>"You Know, for Search"} ``` it works. Any clues as to what is going on? Sharp eyes may notice that I said that the ES version is 7.15 but the API version is 7.15. I noticed this while I was writing this up and went back and installed the 7.14 version of the gem and verified it performed the same. I have had this code working fine for some time without https and the API key using the hash form of the parameters ---
**Author:** ![Russell\_Fulton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/russell_fulton/32/62888_2.png) [@Russell\_Fulton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Russell_Fulton)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-7-14-can-not-get-api-key-to-work/290969/2 "2021-12-05T18:26:57Z")
Amazing what a nights sleep does to one's perceptions! This morning I did what I should have done at the start and abstracted the problem down to a single line program: ```auto require 'elasticsearch' @client = Elasticsearch::Client.new {:hosts=>[{"host"=>"secmonprd08.its.auckland.ac.nz", "scheme"=>"https", "port"=>9200}], :request_timeout=>10, :randomize_hosts=>true, :api_key=>"..."} ``` running this gives exactly the same crash as the before. Then I noticed that the keys if the `hosts` hash were stings not symbols! They were inserted into to the arguments hash from another hash which originates as a json file. ```auto client = Elasticsearch::Client.new hosts:[{host: "secmonprd08.its.auckland.ac.nz", scheme: "https", port: 9200}], :request_timeout=>10, :randomize_hosts=>true, :api_key=>"..." ``` works as expected. I need to convert the keys of that hash to symbols before using it in parameters. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-7-14-can-not-get-api-key-to-work/290969/3 "2022-01-02T18:27:01Z")
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