# Kibana - Upgrade Assistant **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [August 1, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-upgrade-assistant/311121 "2022-08-01T13:46:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BenH1234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BenH1234](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BenH1234)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-upgrade-assistant/311121/1 "2022-08-01T13:46:21Z")
Hi, I'm currently running an unsupported ES server version 5.6.16. I've recently upgraded it from 2 to 5 and I'm looking to upgrade it further. From 2 to 5 I used a migration plugin which isn't available in 5 so I'm looking to use the upgrade assistant. Unfortunately in 5 it doesn't come with X-pack installed by default. My question is, does x-pack need to be installed to access the upgrade assistant? I'm having issues with getting x-pack working as it doesn't install a license and locks me out of Kibana while if I remove x-pack I can access Kibana but have hardly any features. I'm only presuming x-pack does this for me so would appreciate confirmation before I try any further. ---
**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-upgrade-assistant/311121/2 "2022-08-01T15:46:13Z")
The [Upgrade Assistant UI appears to only be available with X-Pack](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.8/migrating-6.0-index.html) in the 5.x releases. Do you have any more information (errors, logs) that might explain X-Pack can not be installed on your cluster? ---
**Author:** ![BenH1234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BenH1234](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BenH1234)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-upgrade-assistant/311121/3 "2022-08-01T15:54:50Z")
Thanks for the response, to be honest I just wanted to know if it was needed and that I was going down the right track. I've completely removed Kibana and all the changes I made to start from scratch tomorrow. My nodes are in a cluster and I was missing the TLS settings so that could possibly be it. The issue I was having is it said there was no license information available and it wouldn't let me login and when I tried to curl the license information from the cluster there were no settings under x-pack or licenses. I also couldn't find the license file associated with installed x-pack but i've read online that this only happen from version 6 and later because x-pack wasn't free by default at this point, is that correct? If so I might need to start a trial version I'm assuming? ---
**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-upgrade-assistant/311121/4 "2022-08-01T16:11:14Z")
Hi Ben, Yes, as I recall the X-Pack licensing changed in 6.3. So for 5.6, I think you should try starting a trial license. If, for some reason, you cannot start a trial license, you can [register for a free Basic license](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/6.8/upgrading-elastic-stack.html#xpack-stack-upgrade). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-upgrade-assistant/311121/5 "2022-08-29T16:12:02Z")
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