# FATAL Error: \[config validation of \[xpack.security\].enabled\]: definition for this key is missing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-error-config-validation-of-xpack-security-enabled-definition-for-this-key-is-missing/300396>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, docker\
**Created:** [March 23, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-error-config-validation-of-xpack-security-enabled-definition-for-this-key-is-missing/300396 "2022-03-23T00:19:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![INS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ins/32/92827_2.png) [@INS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/INS)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-error-config-validation-of-xpack-security-enabled-definition-for-this-key-is-missing/300396/1 "2022-03-23T00:19:33Z")

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Hi  
Today I've install kibana 8.1.1 on docker  
and I'm facing this case with  
`FATAL Error: [config validation of [xpack.security].enabled]: definition for this key is missing`

what's wrong with config???

```auto
version: '3.3'

services:
   kibana_1:
      container_name: kibana
      image: priv_repo/elk-docker/kibana/kibana:8.1.1

      environment:
         SERVER_NAME: kibana_new_elk
         ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME: "elastic"
         ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD: "changeme"
         SERVER_PUBLICBASEURL: "http://172.23.0.2:5601/"
         ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS: http://10.242.130.225:9202
         ELASTICSEARCH_SSL_CERTIFICATEAUTHORITIES: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates2/ca.crt
         SERVER_SSL_ENABLED: "true"
         SERVER_SSL_KEY: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates2/private.key
         SERVER_SSL_CERTIFICATE: /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates2/cert.crt
         SERVER_PORT: 5601

      volumes:

       - /home/elasticsearch/certificates/es_kibana/cert.crt:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates2/cert.crt
       - /home/elasticsearch/certificates/es_kibana/private.key:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates2/private.key
       - /home/elasticsearch/certificates/ca/ca.crt:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certificates2/ca.crt
       - /home/elasticsearch/kickstart_elk_cluster/kibana.yml:/usr/share/kibana/config/kibana.yml

      ports:
       - "5601:5601"

      networks:
        - elastic
networks:
  elastic:
    driver: bridge

```

```auto
more kibana.yml
# Default Kibana configuration for docker target
server.name: kibana_new_elk
server.host: "172.23.0.2"
elasticsearch.hosts: ["http://10.242.130.225:9202", "http://10.242.130.227:9220", "http://10.242.130.226:9239"]
monitoring.ui.container.elasticsearch.enabled: true
xpack.security.enabled: true
#xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey: "WNtfmiht6uDYCsokQGh10ymJ1ViAJ7ur"

```

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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-error-config-validation-of-xpack-security-enabled-definition-for-this-key-is-missing/300396/2 "2022-03-23T03:07:47Z")

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The `xpack.security.enabled` setting no longer exists in Kibana 8

Security is enabled by default, so you should simply remove that setting from your `kibana.yml`

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-error-config-validation-of-xpack-security-enabled-definition-for-this-key-is-missing/300396/3 "2022-04-20T03:07:50Z")

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