# License information from the X-Pack plugin could not be obtained from Elasticsearch for the \[data\] cluster. \[security\_exception\] missing authentication credentials for REST request \[/\_xpack\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [June 5, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-information-from-the-x-pack-plugin-could-not-be-obtained-from-elasticsearch-for-the-data-cluster-security-exception-missing-authentication-credentials-for-rest-request-xpack/184382 "2019-06-05T14:15:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KatiukOleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6bbea6/32.png) [@KatiukOleg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KatiukOleg)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-information-from-the-x-pack-plugin-could-not-be-obtained-from-elasticsearch-for-the-data-cluster-security-exception-missing-authentication-credentials-for-rest-request-xpack/184382/1 "2019-06-05T14:15:25Z")
Hi guys, I have some trouble with Elastic and Kibana. I launched them in Azure through Azure Kubernetes Service and was using standard (not oss) images for it. So, Elasticsearch is up and running. I configured passwords for built-in user via elasticsearch-setup-passwords and can access to Elastic from Kibana container with kibana user credentials. But when I'm trying access to Kibana via browser I get - Kibana server is not ready yet. I was looking to logs and find this warning message ```auto {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-06-05T13:37:42Z","tags":["license","warning","xpack"],"pid":1,"message":"License information from the X-Pack plugin could not be obtained from Elasticsearch for the [data] cluster. [security_exception] missing authentication credentials for REST request [/_xpack], with { header={ WWW-Authenticate=\"Basic realm=\\\"security\\\" charset=\\\"UTF-8\\\"\" } } :: {\"path\":\"/_xpack\",\"statusCode\":401,\"response\":\"{\\\"error\\\":{\\\"root_cause\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"security_exception\\\",\\\"reason\\\":\\\"missing authentication credentials for REST request [/_xpack]\\\",\\\"header\\\":{\\\"WWW-Authenticate\\\":\\\"Basic realm=\\\\\\\"security\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"UTF-8\\\\\\\"\\\"}}],\\\"type\\\":\\\"security_exception\\\",\\\"reason\\\":\\\"missing authentication credentials for REST request [/_xpack]\\\",\\\"header\\\":{\\\"WWW-Authenticate\\\":\\\"Basic realm=\\\\\\\"security\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"UTF-8\\\\\\\"\\\"}},\\\"status\\\":401}\",\"wwwAuthenticateDirective\":\"Basic realm=\\\"security\\\" charset=\\\"UTF-8\\\"\"}"} ``` My elasticdeployment yaml: ```auto apiVersion: apps/v1 kind: Deployment metadata: name: azure-elasticsearch-prod spec: replicas: 1 selector: matchLabels: app: azure-elasticsearch-prod template: metadata: labels: app: azure-elasticsearch-prod spec: containers: - name: azure-elasticsearch-prod image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:7.1.1 resources: limits: memory: 1Gi cpu: 1000m requests: memory: 512Mi cpu: 350m ports: - containerPort: 9200 - containerPort: 9300 env: - name: bootstrap.memory_lock value: "true" - name: xpack.security.enabled value: "true" - name: discovery.type value: single-node - name: ES_JAVA_OPTS value: "-Xms512m -Xmx512m" - name: ES_HEAP_SIZE value: 2Gi ``` Mu Kibana yaml: ```auto apiVersion: apps/v1 kind: Deployment metadata: name: azure-kibana-prod spec: replicas: 1 selector: matchLabels: app: azure-kibana-prod template: metadata: labels: app: azure-kibana-prod spec: containers: - name: azure-kibana-prod image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.1.1 resources: requests: cpu: 100m memory: 256Mi limits: cpu: 500m memory: 512Mi ports: - containerPort: 5601 env: - name: ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS value: http://azure-elasticsearch-prod:9200 - name: xpack.security.enabled value: "true" - name: xpack.monitoring.enabled value: "true" - name: xpack.reporting.enabled value: "true" - name: xpack.reporting.encryptionKey value: "myKey" - name: elasticsearch.username value: kibana - name: elasticsearch.password value: myPassword - name: xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.username value: kibana - name: xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.password value: myPassword ``` I'll be thankful for any response ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-information-from-the-x-pack-plugin-could-not-be-obtained-from-elasticsearch-for-the-data-cluster-security-exception-missing-authentication-credentials-for-rest-request-xpack/184382/2 "2019-06-06T05:09:08Z")
Hi there, Please use `` or (```) to format your post ( the config snippets ). YAML is very sensitive to syntax and it's really hard to see if there is an error or something missing there without the structure being obvious. You can use the preview panel on the right while you edit your answer to see how your post will look like ---
**Author:** ![KatiukOleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6bbea6/32.png) [@KatiukOleg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KatiukOleg)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-information-from-the-x-pack-plugin-could-not-be-obtained-from-elasticsearch-for-the-data-cluster-security-exception-missing-authentication-credentials-for-rest-request-xpack/184382/3 "2019-06-06T07:30:30Z")
Hi Ioannis, thanks for this formatting spot. ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-information-from-the-x-pack-plugin-could-not-be-obtained-from-elasticsearch-for-the-data-cluster-security-exception-missing-authentication-credentials-for-rest-request-xpack/184382/4 "2019-06-06T07:37:05Z")
```auto env: - name: ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS value: http://azure-elasticsearch-prod:9200 - name: xpack.security.enabled value: "true" - name: xpack.monitoring.enabled value: "true" - name: xpack.reporting.enabled value: "true" - name: xpack.reporting.encryptionKey value: "myKey" - name: elasticsearch.username value: kibana - name: elasticsearch.password value: myPassword - name: xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.username value: kibana - name: xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.password value: myPassword ``` Looking at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/docker.html#environment-variable-config](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/docker.html#environment-variable-config) , it would seem that you need to pass all configuration parameters in the format of `ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS` and not i.e. `xpack.security.enabled`. This malformed configuration is consistent with what you see as behavior, that is Kibana trying to connect to elasticsearch without a username and password ( as it is not passed `elasticsearch.password` and `elasticsearch.username` that should be `ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD` and `ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME` instead ) ---
**Author:** ![KatiukOleg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6bbea6/32.png) [@KatiukOleg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KatiukOleg)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-information-from-the-x-pack-plugin-could-not-be-obtained-from-elasticsearch-for-the-data-cluster-security-exception-missing-authentication-credentials-for-rest-request-xpack/184382/5 "2019-06-06T09:38:20Z")
Ioannis, it resolved my problem. Using upper case format help me. Thanks a lot ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-information-from-the-x-pack-plugin-could-not-be-obtained-from-elasticsearch-for-the-data-cluster-security-exception-missing-authentication-credentials-for-rest-request-xpack/184382/6 "2019-07-04T09:43:31Z")
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