# How can I disable authentication in Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-disable-authentication-in-elasticsearch/285418>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, docker\
**Created:** [September 28, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-disable-authentication-in-elasticsearch/285418 "2021-09-28T22:54:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![zhaoyi0113](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zhaoyi0113/32/99567_2.png) [@zhaoyi0113](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhaoyi0113)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-disable-authentication-in-elasticsearch/285418/1 "2021-09-28T22:54:19Z")

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I am running Elasticsearch 7.14.0 and want to disable authentication completely. I set this settings:

```auto
xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled: false
      xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: false
      xpack.security.enabled: false

```

but the error I got is:

```auto
 [spec.nodeSets[0].config.xpack.security.enabled: Forbidden: Configuration setting is reserved for internal use. User-configured use is unsupported, spec.nodeSets[0].config.xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled: Forbidden: Configuration setting is reserved for internal use. User-configured use is unsupported, spec.nodeSets[0].config.xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: Forbidden: Configuration setting is reserved for internal use. User-configured use is unsupported]

```

it doesn't allow me to update these settings. What should I do in order to disable authentication and ssl?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-disable-authentication-in-elasticsearch/285418/2 "2021-09-28T23:02:10Z")

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Two questions;

> [@zhaoyi0113](#):
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> I am running Elasticsearch 1.14.0

Are you sure about that version?

> [@zhaoyi0113](#):
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> want to disable authentication completely

Why?

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**Author:** ![zhaoyi0113](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zhaoyi0113/32/99567_2.png) [@zhaoyi0113](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhaoyi0113)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-disable-authentication-in-elasticsearch/285418/3 "2021-09-28T23:04:50Z")

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sorry I mean 7.14.0 which is the version.

My Elasticsearch is running inside VPC which is a private network. It is sitting behind ALB (application load balancer). The authentication is setup in ALB layer so that ES doesn't need any authentication.

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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:** [October 26, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-disable-authentication-in-elasticsearch/285418/4 "2021-10-26T23:05:48Z")

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