# Invalid license found, requires a basic or a valid trial license

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 11, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042 "2019-09-11T08:40:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![antonopo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@antonopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/antonopo)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042/1 "2019-09-11T08:40:29Z")

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Hi,

I was tried to add a new node on my ELK cluster but i had this error from metricbeat output .

elasticsearch: [http://itkvmxh01.emea.nsn-net.net:9200](http://itkvmxh01.emea.nsn-net.net:9200)...  
parse url... OK  
connection...  
parse host... OK  
dns lookup... OK  
addresses: 151.98.17.61  
dial up... OK  
TLS... WARN secure connection disabled  
talk to server... ERROR Connection marked as failed because the onConnect callback failed: invalid license found, requires a basic or a valid trial license and received Open source

I used the same yum repo as the other nodes that i have on my cluster in order to install the elasticsearch.

[root@itkvmxh01 ~]# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/elastic-beats.repo

[elasticsearch-7.x]  
name=Elasticsearch repository for 7.x packages  
baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/yum  
gpgcheck=1  
gpgkey=https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch  
enabled=1  
autorefresh=1  
type=rpm-md

So this node has not been added to the cluster.  
Do you know what is going wrong?

Best Regards,  
Thanos

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**Author:** ![pjanzen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pjanzen/32/13756_2.png) [@pjanzen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pjanzen)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042/2 "2019-09-11T09:17:36Z")

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Looks like you enabled an service that's not covered in the basic license.

You can check all [license features here](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)

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**Author:** ![antonopo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@antonopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/antonopo)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042/3 "2019-09-11T09:21:41Z")

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No i din't enable something different of these that are on the Free Basic Plan.

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**Author:** ![pjanzen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pjanzen/32/13756_2.png) [@pjanzen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pjanzen)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042/4 "2019-09-11T09:24:38Z")

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Can you copy & paste your Elasticsearch.yml file?

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**Author:** ![antonopo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@antonopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/antonopo)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042/6 "2019-09-11T09:27:45Z")

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```
# ======================== Elasticsearch Configuration =========================
#
# NOTE: Elasticsearch comes with reasonable defaults for most settings.
# Before you set out to tweak and tune the configuration, make sure you
# understand what are you trying to accomplish and the consequences.
#
# The primary way of configuring a node is via this file. This template lists
# the most important settings you may want to configure for a production cluster.
#
# Please consult the documentation for further information on configuration options:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/index.html
#
# ---------------------------------- Cluster -----------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for your cluster:
#
#cluster.name: my-application
cluster.name: xh-elastic-cluster-1
#
# ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for the node:
#
# node.name: xh-ita-elastic-1
node.name: xh-it-elastic-2
node.data: true
node.ingest: true
node.master: true
node.max_local_storage_nodes: 1
xpack.license.self_generated.type: basic
xpack.security.enabled: false
#node.master: true
#node.data: false
#node.ingest: false
#cluster.remote.connect: false
#node.name: node-1
#
# Add custom attributes to the node:
#
#node.attr.rack: r1
#
# ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------
#
# Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):
#
path.data: /data/elasticsearch
#
# Path to log files:
#
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
#
# ----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------
#
# Lock the memory on startup:
#
#bootstrap.memory_lock: true
#
# Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available
# on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this
# limit.
#
# Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory.
#
# ---------------------------------- Network -----------------------------------
#
# Set the bind address to a specific IP (IPv4 or IPv6):
#
network.host: 0.0.0.0
#network.bind_host: 0.0.0.0
#network.publish_host: 0.0.0.0
http.port: 9200
# transport.host: localhost
transport.host: 0.0.0.0
transport.tcp.port: 9300
#network.host: localhost
#
# Set a custom port for HTTP:
#
#http.port: 9200
#
# For more information, consult the network module documentation.
#
# --------------------------------- Discovery ----------------------------------
#
# Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when new node is started:
# The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"]
#
discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["10.158.67.175", "10.159.166.9", "10.158.67.107", "151.98.17.60", "151.98.17.61", "135.238.239.48", "135.238.239.132"]
#
# Prevent the "split brain" by configuring the majority of nodes (total number of master-eligible nodes / 2 + 1):
#
#discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes:
#
# For more information, consult the zen discovery module documentation.
#
# ---------------------------------- Gateway -----------------------------------
#
# Block initial recovery after a full cluster restart until N nodes are started:
#
#gateway.recover_after_nodes: 3
#
# For more information, consult the gateway module documentation.
#
# ---------------------------------- Various -----------------------------------
#
# Require explicit names when deleting indices:
#
#action.destructive_requires_name: true
```

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**Author:** ![antonopo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@antonopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/antonopo)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042/7 "2019-09-13T06:56:24Z")

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Do we have any other possible solution on that?

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**Author:** ![antonopo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@antonopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/antonopo)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042/8 "2019-09-26T14:34:01Z")

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Any other idea what is happening by having this error message?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042/9 "2019-09-26T15:52:32Z")

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What is the output if you curl licalhost:9200/ ?

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**Author:** ![antonopo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@antonopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/antonopo)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2019, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042/10 "2019-10-03T09:07:33Z")

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> [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](#):
>
> st:9200/ ?

```
[root@atdevxhv03 elasticsearch]# curl http://localhost:9200/?
{
  "name" : "xh-gr-elastic-1",
  "cluster_name" : "xh-elastic-cluster-1",
  "cluster_uuid" : "ap97EWHPRNOeejHqqSYP8w",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "7.4.0",
    "build_flavor" : "default",
    "build_type" : "rpm",
    "build_hash" : "22e1767283e61a198cb4db791ea66e3f11ab9910",
    "build_date" : "2019-09-27T08:36:48.569419Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "8.2.0",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "6.8.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "6.0.0-beta1"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

```

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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 31, 2019, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/invalid-license-found-requires-a-basic-or-a-valid-trial-license/199042/11 "2019-10-31T09:19:09Z")

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