# License Expired
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 27, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872 "2018-07-27T05:28:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Sulaiman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sulaiman)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/1 "2018-07-27T05:28:02Z")
Recently I have faced issue with ElasticSearch License, I am getting below listed error while restarting, I had basic account.
2018-07-27T10:01:57,936][ERROR][o.e.x.s.a.f.SecurityActionFilter] [aYBc70q] blocking [cluster:monitor/stats] operation due to expired license. Cluster health, cluster stats and indices stats
operations are blocked on license expiration. All data operations (read and write) continue to work.
If you have a new license, please update it. Otherwise, please reach out to your support contact.
[2018-07-27T10:01:57,937][ERROR][o.e.x.m.c.c.ClusterStatsCollector] [aYBc70q] collector [cluster\_stats] failed to collect data
org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSecurityException: current license is non-compliant for [security]
Below are the list of plugins installed.
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,310][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,310][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [analysis-common]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,311][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [ingest-common]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,311][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [lang-expression]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,312][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [lang-mustache]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,312][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [lang-painless]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,312][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [mapper-extras]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,313][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [parent-join]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,313][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [percolator]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,313][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [rank-eval]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,314][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [reindex]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,314][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [repository-url]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,314][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [transport-netty4]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,315][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [tribe]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,315][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [x-pack-core]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,316][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [x-pack-deprecation]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,316][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [x-pack-graph]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,317][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [x-pack-logstash]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,317][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [x-pack-ml]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,318][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [x-pack-monitoring]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,318][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [x-pack-rollup]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,319][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [x-pack-security]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,319][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [x-pack-sql]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,319][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [x-pack-upgrade]
[2018-07-27T09:57:03,320][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [aYBc70q] loaded module [x-pack-watcher]
Below is the error which I am getting in elasaticsearch kibana
[data] Elasticsearch cluster did not respond with license information.
xpack license is empty.
curl -X GET "localhost:9200/\_xpack/license"
{ }
Please help in this.
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/2 "2018-07-27T05:52:36Z")
What version of Elasticsearch are you running?
What output do you get from this command?
```auto
curl -uelastic -XGET "http://localhost:9200/_xpack?pretty"
```
---
### Author:  [@Sulaiman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sulaiman)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/3 "2018-07-27T06:00:38Z")
> [@TimV](#):
>
> ```auto
> curl -uelastic -XGET "http://localhost:9200/_xpack?pretty"
>
> ```
curl -XGET "[http://localhost:9200/\_xpack?pretty](http://localhost:9200/_xpack?pretty)"
{
"build" : {
"hash" : "eb782d0",
"date" : "2018-06-29T22:03:21.668624Z"
},
"license" : null,
"features" : {
"graph" : {
"description" : "Graph Data Exploration for the Elastic Stack",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : true
},
"logstash" : {
"description" : "Logstash management component for X-Pack",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : true
},
"ml" : {
"description" : "Machine Learning for the Elastic Stack",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : true,
"native\_code\_info" : {
"version" : "6.3.1",
"build\_hash" : "4d0b8f0a0ef401"
}
},
"monitoring" : {
"description" : "Monitoring for the Elastic Stack",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : true
},
"rollup" : {
"description" : "Time series pre-aggregation and rollup",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : true
},
"security" : {
"description" : "Security for the Elastic Stack",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : true
},
"watcher" : {
"description" : "Alerting, Notification and Automation for the Elastic Stack",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : true
}
},
"tagline" : "You know, for X"
}
---
### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/4 "2018-07-27T06:51:33Z")
The most likely cause for a `null` license is that the node you are connecting to is unable to establish a connection with the master node.
What is the output from this:
```auto
curl -uelastic -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty'
```
(if your node is disconnected from the cluster, then that might take 30 seconds and then respond with an error)
What does the log file (`elasticsearch.log`) say?
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### Author:  [@Sulaiman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sulaiman)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/5 "2018-07-27T06:54:57Z")
> [@TimV](#):
>
> ```auto
> curl -uelastic -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/_cluster/health?pretty'
>
> ```
{
"error" : {
"root\_cause" : [
{
"type" : "security\_exception",
"reason" : "current license is non-compliant for [security]",
"license.expired.feature" : "security"
}
],
"type" : "security\_exception",
"reason" : "current license is non-compliant for [security]",
"license.expired.feature" : "security"
},
"status" : 403
}
Actually I am running single node, so this is master himself.
So, how can I add license and which, cause I don't have any license, Can you share any basic/free license if possible.
---
### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/6 "2018-07-27T07:01:30Z")
> [@Sulaiman](#):
>
> Actually I am running single node, so this is master himself.
That is not necessarily true, it depends on your configuration.
> [@Sulaiman](#):
>
> how can I add license
At the moment we're trying to work out what is preventing your node from generating a license.
And for that you need to answer my questions - you haven't provided the details from the logfile that I asked for:
> [@TimV](#):
>
> What does the log file ( `elasticsearch.log` ) say?
---
### Author:  [@Sulaiman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sulaiman)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/7 "2018-07-27T07:13:37Z")
> [@TimV](#):
>
> `elasticsearch.log`
I would like to share logs with you but, it says alot, I am not sure what to share.
I have around 32k lines.
[2018-07-27T12:08:06,457][ERROR][o.e.x.s.a.f.SecurityActionFilter] [aYBc70q] blocking [cluster:monitor/stats] operation due to expired license. Cluster health, cluster stats and indices stats
operations are blocked on license expiration. All data operations (read and write) continue to work.
If you have a new license, please update it. Otherwise, please reach out to your support contact.
[2018-07-27T12:08:06,458][ERROR][o.e.x.m.c.c.ClusterStatsCollector] [aYBc70q] collector [cluster\_stats] failed to collect data
org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSecurityException: current license is non-compliant for [security]
[2018-07-27T12:08:40,290][WARN][o.e.x.s.a.s.m.NativeRoleMappingStore] [aYBc70q] Failed to clear cache for realms []
[2018-07-27T12:08:40,325][INFO][o.e.l.LicenseService] [aYBc70q] license [TOMBSTONE] mode [trial] - valid
[2018-07-27T12:08:40,330][WARN][o.e.l.LicenseService] [aYBc70q] LICENSE [EXPIRED] ON [THURSDAY, JANUARY 01, 1970].
# IF YOU HAVE A NEW LICENSE, PLEASE UPDATE IT. OTHERWISE, PLEASE REACH OUT TO
# YOUR SUPPORT CONTACT.
#
# COMMERCIAL PLUGINS OPERATING WITH REDUCED FUNCTIONALITY
# - security
# - Cluster health, cluster stats and indices stats operations are blocked
# - All data operations (read and write) continue to work
# - watcher
# - PUT / GET watch APIs are disabled, DELETE watch API continues to work
# - Watches execute and write to the history
# - The actions of the watches don't execute
# - monitoring
# - The agent will stop collecting cluster and indices metrics
# - The agent will stop automatically cleaning indices older than [xpack.monitoring.history.duration]
# - graph
# - Graph explore APIs are disabled
# - ml
# - Machine learning APIs are disabled
# - logstash
# - Logstash will continue to poll centrally-managed pipelines
# - deprecation
# - Deprecation APIs are disabled
# - upgrade
# - Upgrade API is disabled
# - sql
# - SQL support is disabled
# - rollup
# - Creating and Starting rollup jobs will no longer be allowed.
# - Stopping/Deleting existing jobs, RollupCaps API and RollupSearch continue to function.
2018-07-27T12:08:42,009][ERROR][o.e.x.s.a.f.SecurityActionFilter] [aYBc70q] blocking [cluster:monitor/stats] operation due to expired license. Cluster health, cluster stats and indices stats
operations are blocked on license expiration. All data operations (read and write) continue to work.
If you have a new license, please update it. Otherwise, please reach out to your support contact.
[2018-07-27T12:08:42,012][ERROR][o.e.x.m.c.c.ClusterStatsCollector] [aYBc70q] collector [cluster\_stats] failed to collect data
org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSecurityException: current license is non-compliant for [security]
---
### Author:  [@Sulaiman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sulaiman)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/8 "2018-07-27T07:14:55Z")
> [@TimV](#):
>
> config
[2018-07-27T12:09:00,215][ERROR][o.e.x.s.a.f.SecurityActionFilter] [aYBc70q] blocking [cluster:monitor/nodes/stats] operation due to expired license. Cluster health, cluster stats and indices stats
operations are blocked on license expiration. All data operations (read and write) continue to work.
If you have a new license, please update it. Otherwise, please reach out to your support contact.
[2018-07-27T12:09:00,219][WARN][o.e.c.InternalClusterInfoService] [aYBc70q] Failed to execute NodeStatsAction for ClusterInfoUpdateJob
org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSecurityException: current license is non-compliant for [security]
---
### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/9 "2018-07-27T07:26:55Z")
Can you provide you config file (`elasticsearch.yml`)?
From the looks of it, you deleted your license.
Is that correct?
If so, I'll need to see what we can do to get you back up and running.
---
### Author:  [@Sulaiman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sulaiman)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/10 "2018-07-27T07:30:44Z")
> [@TimV](#):
>
> elasticsearch.yml
#======================== Elasticsearch Configuration =========================
#
#NOTE: Elasticsearch comes with reasonable defaults for most settings.
#Before you set out to tweak and tune the configuration, make sure you
#understand what are you trying to accomplish and the consequences.
#
#The primary way of configuring a node is via this file. This template lists
#the most important settings you may want to configure for a production cluster.
#
#Please consult the documentation for further information on configuration options:
#[Elasticsearch Guide | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/index.html)
#
#---------------------------------- Cluster -----------------------------------
#
#Use a descriptive name for your cluster:
#
#cluster.name: my-application
#
#------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------
#
#Use a descriptive name for the node:
#
#node.name: node-1
#
#Add custom attributes to the node:
#
#node.attr.rack: r1
#
#----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------
#
#Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):
#
path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch
#
#Path to log files:
#
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
#
#----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------
#
#Lock the memory on startup:
#
#bootstrap.memory\_lock: true
#
#Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available
#on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this
#limit.
#
#elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory.
#
#---------------------------------- Network -----------------------------------
#
#Set the bind address to a specific IP (IPv4 or IPv6):
#
#network.host: 192.168.0.1
#
#Set a custom port for HTTP:
#
#http.port: 9200
#
#For more information, consult the network module documentation.
#
#--------------------------------- Discovery ----------------------------------
#
#Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when new node is started:
#The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"]
#
#discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["host1", "host2"]
#
#Prevent the "split brain" by configuring the majority of nodes (total number of master-eligible nodes / 2 + 1):
#
#discovery.zen.minimum\_master\_nodes:
#
#For more information, consult the zen discovery module documentation.
#
#---------------------------------- Gateway -----------------------------------
#
#Block initial recovery after a full cluster restart until N nodes are started:
#
#gateway.recover\_after\_nodes: 3
#
#For more information, consult the gateway module documentation.
#
#---------------------------------- Various -----------------------------------
#
#Require explicit names when deleting indices:
#
#action.destructive\_requires\_name: true
#threadpool.search.queue\_size: 10000
xpack.security.enabled: false
---
### Author:  [@Sulaiman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sulaiman)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/11 "2018-07-27T07:31:32Z")
Yes I may be removed using curl -X DELETE but not sure.
Any way I can recover that or add new ?
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/12 "2018-07-27T07:39:05Z")
> [@Sulaiman](#):
>
> I may be removed using curl -X DELETE
Don't do that.
If you don't need the data on this cluster any more, then you can just delete everything (the `data/` directory) start over, and it will regenerate the license.
Otherwise you need to explicitly start a new basic license with:
```auto
curl -uelastic -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_xpack/license/start_basic'
```
---
### Author:  [@Sulaiman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sulaiman)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/13 "2018-07-27T07:46:27Z")
> [@TimV](#):
>
> ```auto
> curl -uelastic -XPOST 'http://localhost:9200/_xpack/license/start_basic'
>
> ```
Thanks alot, it resolved my issue.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-expired/141872/14 "2018-08-24T07:46:33Z")
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