# Is Shield 2.4 compatible w/ elasticsearch 5.0.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-shield-2-4-compatible-w-elasticsearch-5-0-0/64474>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [October 31, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-shield-2-4-compatible-w-elasticsearch-5-0-0/64474 "2016-10-31T17:46:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![markdavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@markdavis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/markdavis)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-shield-2-4-compatible-w-elasticsearch-5-0-0/64474/1 "2016-10-31T17:46:57Z")

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Would like to know whether Shield 2.4 is compatible w/ elasticsearch 5.0.0?

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**Author:** ![skearns](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/skearns/32/125945_2.png) [@skearns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skearns)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-shield-2-4-compatible-w-elasticsearch-5-0-0/64474/2 "2016-10-31T18:12:54Z")

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Hi Mark,

No. Starting with V5.0, all Shield functionality is included in X-Pack. Essentially, X-Pack replaces the separate plugins of Shield, Watcher, Marvel, Graph, and Reporting with a single Pack. You can read a bit more about it in the [5.0 release bloc](https://www.elastic.co/blog/elastic-stack-5-0-0-released) and see some of the details in the [X-Pack 5.0 detail blog](https://www.elastic.co/blog/x-pack-5-0-0-released).

Hope that helps!

Steve

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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 6, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-shield-2-4-compatible-w-elasticsearch-5-0-0/64474/3 "2017-07-06T13:41:30Z")

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