# Is it legal to enable free X-Pack monitoring in production environment?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-legal-to-enable-free-x-pack-monitoring-in-production-environment/132190>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 16, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-legal-to-enable-free-x-pack-monitoring-in-production-environment/132190 "2018-05-16T17:19:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![elasticheart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticheart/32/65189_2.png) [@elasticheart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticheart)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-legal-to-enable-free-x-pack-monitoring-in-production-environment/132190/1 "2018-05-16T17:19:52Z")

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Hi,

I am using ELK GA 5.0.0 in a production environment. Here are the details;

**Elasticsearch**

- Version : 5.0.0 GA
- Instances : 3 node cluster
- OS: Oracle Linux Server release

**Logstash**

- Version : 5.0.0 GA
- Instances : 13
- OS: Oracle Linux Server release

**Kibana**

- Version : 5.0.0 GA
- Instances : 2
- OS: Oracle Linux Server release

**Filebeat**

- Version : 5.0.0 GA
- Instances : 50+
- OS: Oracle Linux Server release

I would like to enable free X-Pack monitoring feature here, without enabling other X-Pack features. I will be monitoring my Elasticsearch (3), Logstash (13), and Kibana (2) instances. Is this legally alright to enable this feature here? Will there be any licensing issues? I will be enabling (adding to elasticsearch config file) monitoring configurations listed here [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/5.0/monitoring-settings.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/5.0/monitoring-settings.html) . It would be helpful if somebody official respond to this.

Thank you.

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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:** [May 16, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-legal-to-enable-free-x-pack-monitoring-in-production-environment/132190/2 "2018-05-16T21:09:25Z")

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Yes, you can run the basic license in production. You will as far as I recall however not be able to monitor Logstash, as this was not introduced until version 5.5 of the Elastic Stack.

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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:** [June 13, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-legal-to-enable-free-x-pack-monitoring-in-production-environment/132190/3 "2018-06-13T21:09:30Z")

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Closed on June 13, 2018, 9:09pm UTC

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