# I have installed a Search guard Plugin in ELK 7.17.3 VERSION IN Windows, but the ELK Cluster is not starting up

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-installed-a-search-guard-plugin-in-elk-7-17-3-version-in-windows-but-the-elk-cluster-is-not-starting-up/314882>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-installed-a-search-guard-plugin-in-elk-7-17-3-version-in-windows-but-the-elk-cluster-is-not-starting-up/314882 "2022-09-21T15:24:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![AKCG23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@AKCG23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKCG23)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-installed-a-search-guard-plugin-in-elk-7-17-3-version-in-windows-but-the-elk-cluster-is-not-starting-up/314882/1 "2022-09-21T15:24:54Z")

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I have the ELK Cluster(7.17.3)\* on the Windows 2019 Server. I have installed Search Guard Plugin. But after the plugin install the ELK Cluster nodes will not start up. It gives an error ```

- Javalang Illegalstateexception : failed to load plugin class(com.floragunn.searchguard.searchguard plugin)

Likely root cause: java.security.accesscontrol expection: access denied

would like to know how can i give access to these and any solution to this problem

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**Author:** ![AKCG23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@AKCG23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKCG23)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-installed-a-search-guard-plugin-in-elk-7-17-3-version-in-windows-but-the-elk-cluster-is-not-starting-up/314882/2 "2022-09-21T15:28:25Z")

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```auto
bin/elasticsearch-plugin install -b file:///path/to/search-guard-flx-<version>.zip

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### Additional permissions dialogue

You will see the following warning message when installating Search Guard. Confirm it by pressing ‘y’:  
( When Installing , i dont get a option to PRESS YES OR NO in the Windows 2019 server.. can any one help me here

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@ WARNING: plugin requires additional permissions @
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* java.lang.RuntimePermission accessClassInPackage.sun.misc
* java.lang.RuntimePermission getClassLoader
* java.lang.RuntimePermission loadLibrary.*
* java.lang.reflect.ReflectPermission suppressAccessChecks
* java.security.SecurityPermission getProperty.ssl.KeyManagerFactory.algorithm
...

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-installed-a-search-guard-plugin-in-elk-7-17-3-version-in-windows-but-the-elk-cluster-is-not-starting-up/314882/3 "2022-09-21T15:44:47Z")

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Hi @AKCG23 Welcome to the community.

1st: SearchGuard is not an Elastic product nor supported by this community, you will need to ask the developer of that product about your issues.

2nd: Security is Free in the Basic version of Elasticsearch so curious what you are looking for?

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**Author:** ![AKCG23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@AKCG23](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKCG23)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-installed-a-search-guard-plugin-in-elk-7-17-3-version-in-windows-but-the-elk-cluster-is-not-starting-up/314882/4 "2022-09-22T00:15:35Z")

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OK, I understand SG is a third party product. I am using SG to integrate ELK with other tools

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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 20, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-have-installed-a-search-guard-plugin-in-elk-7-17-3-version-in-windows-but-the-elk-cluster-is-not-starting-up/314882/5 "2022-10-20T00:16:29Z")

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