# Is license for shield required even now?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-license-for-shield-required-even-now/136292>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 18, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-license-for-shield-required-even-now/136292 "2018-06-18T10:54:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![gaurav\_kumar2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@gaurav\_kumar2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gaurav_kumar2)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-license-for-shield-required-even-now/136292/1 "2018-06-18T10:54:48Z")

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Due to some unavoidable reasons, we are forced to use elasticsearch 2.4.1 and kibana 4.6.1. We want to add security plugin for kibana - shield. Initially, it required license. Is it required if we install shield now, considering they have open-sourced X-Pack?

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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:** [June 18, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-license-for-shield-required-even-now/136292/2 "2018-06-18T11:06:53Z")

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The code for X-Pack has been opened, but it is not released as open-source, so still require a license.

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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:** [July 16, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-license-for-shield-required-even-now/136292/3 "2018-07-16T11:06:55Z")

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