# Kibana stopped asking for login

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-stopped-asking-for-login/102546>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 3, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-stopped-asking-for-login/102546 "2017-10-03T11:04:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Frances\_Buontempo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/frances_buontempo/32/16050_2.png) [@Frances\_Buontempo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frances_Buontempo)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-stopped-asking-for-login/102546/1 "2017-10-03T11:04:30Z")

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I installed X-Pack and kibana then asked for a lgoin.

It has stopped doing this.

I don't have xpack seetings (apart from username and password) in elasticsearch or kibana yaml; I understand by default they are set to true, and this did work but has suddenly stopped.

If I query \_xpack I get...  
...  
"security" : {  
"description" : "Security for the Elastic Stack",  
"available" : false,  
"enabled" : true  
},...

but that's about elasticsearch.

How do I troubleshoot kibana no longer asking for login?

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**Author:** ![rockybean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rockybean/32/11443_2.png) [@rockybean](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rockybean)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-stopped-asking-for-login/102546/2 "2017-10-03T11:11:07Z")

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As to your \_xpack response, the `available` is `false` which means security feature isn't working. Kibana security feature depends on elasticsearch to work.

I advise you to check if xpack has expired.

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**Author:** ![Frances\_Buontempo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/frances_buontempo/32/16050_2.png) [@Frances\_Buontempo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frances_Buontempo)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-stopped-asking-for-login/102546/3 "2017-10-03T11:26:10Z")

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Good spot - I didn't see that.

I did update the certificate recently.

/\_xpack/license reports:  
...  
"status" : "active",  
"type" : "basic",  
"issue\_date" : "2017-09-25T00:00:00.000Z",  
"expiry\_date" : "2018-09-25T23:59:59.999Z",  
...  
(among other things)

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**Author:** ![rockybean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rockybean/32/11443_2.png) [@rockybean](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rockybean)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-stopped-asking-for-login/102546/4 "2017-10-03T11:38:05Z")

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The basic license does not support security feature. You could learn this from [here](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)

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**Author:** ![Frances\_Buontempo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/frances_buontempo/32/16050_2.png) [@Frances\_Buontempo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frances_Buontempo)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-stopped-asking-for-login/102546/5 "2017-10-03T11:43:11Z")

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Noted.

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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, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-stopped-asking-for-login/102546/6 "2017-10-31T11:43:15Z")

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