# License issue! **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 2, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-issue/126433 "2018-04-02T13:17:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SJN8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@SJN8](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SJN8)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-issue/126433/1 "2018-04-02T13:17:44Z")
Hi All, I have removed X-pack from my ELK stack still i am not able to start elasticsearch nodes getting LIC related exception . Also all setting related to X-pack are disabled . [2018-04-02T14:22:19,509][INFO][o.e.g.GatewayService] [ES-Node-01] recovered [130] indice s into cluster\_state [2018-04-02T14:22:23,304][ERROR][o.e.x.s.a.f.SecurityActionFilter] [SBIT-ES-01] blocking [clust er: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. [2018-04-02T14:22:23,307][ERROR][o.e.x.m.c.c.ClusterStatsCollector] [SBIT-ES-01] collector [clu ster\_stats] failed to collect data org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSecurityException: current license is non-compliant for [security] at org.elasticsearch.license.LicenseUtils.newComplianceException(LicenseUtils.java:35) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.action.filter.SecurityActionFilter.apply(SecurityActionFilter.ja va:96) ~[?:?] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction$RequestFilterChain.proceed(TransportAction.java: 165) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction.execute(TransportAction.java:139) ~[elasticsearc h-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.action.support.TransportAction.execute(TransportAction.java:81) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient.executeLocally(NodeClient.java:83) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.client.node.NodeClient.doExecute(NodeClient.java:72) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.client.support.AbstractClient.execute(AbstractClient.java:405) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.client.support.AbstractClient.execute(AbstractClient.java:394) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.client.support.AbstractClient$ClusterAdmin.execute(AbstractClient.java:706) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder.execute(ActionRequestBuilder.java:46) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.action.ActionRequestBuilder.get(ActionRequestBuilder.java:60) ~[elasticsearch-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.collector.cluster.ClusterStatsCollector.lambda$doCollect$0(ClusterStatsCollector.java:106) ~[x-pack-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.collector.cluster.ClusterStatsCollector.doCollect(ClusterStatsCollector.java:110) ~[x-pack-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.collector.Collector.collect(Collector.java:100) [x-pack-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.xpack.monitoring.MonitoringService$MonitoringExecution$1.doRun(MonitoringService.java:222) [x-pack-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:37) [elasticsearch-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511) [?:1.8.0\_161] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [?:1.8.0\_161] at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingRunnable.run(ThreadContext.java:568) [elasticsearch-6.1.1.jar:6.1.1] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) [?:1.8.0\_161] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) [?:1.8.0\_161] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0\_161] [2018-04-02T14:22:26,398][INFO][o.e.c.r.a.AllocationService] [SBIT-ES-01] Cluster health status changed from [RED] to [YELLOW] (reason: [shards started [[.monitoring-es-6-2018.02.03][0], [.monitoring-es i dont want to use X-pack just ELK stack . how to resolve above issue ? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-issue/126433/2 "2018-04-02T13:33:10Z")
You can uninstall xpack or better ask for a free basic license which includes some cool features like more zoom in Kibana, monitoring, profile UI, LS pipelines monitoring... ---
**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-issue/126433/3 "2018-04-04T02:03:57Z")
> [@SJN8](#): > > I have removed X-pack from my ELK stack still i am not able to start elasticsearch nodes getting LIC related exception . The fact that you are getting that exception is evidence that you have not actually removed X-Pack. ```auto o.e.x.s.a.f.SecurityActionFilter ``` This is a piece of code from _inside_ X-Pack, if it were removed then the message would not exist any more. What steps did you take when you tried to remove X-Pack? Though as @dadoonet suggests, we would recommend that you simply install a free basic license instead of removing x-pack all together. ---
**Author:** ![SJN8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@SJN8](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SJN8)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-issue/126433/4 "2018-04-04T05:22:42Z")
Hi Tim and Dadoonet , I have uninstalled X-pack from all nodes like below , Component remove x-pack, bin]# ./elasticsearch-plugin remove x-pack -\> removing [x-pack]... -\> preserving plugin config files [/etc/elasticsearch/x-pack] in case of upgrade; use --purge if not needed for installing basic lic , actually , i just want to run My ELK Stack without X-pack . so please help how to resolve above error ? or "o.e.x.s.a.f.SecurityActionFilter" where to remove this ? ---
**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-issue/126433/5 "2018-04-04T05:50:25Z")
> [@SJN8](#): > > ``` > ./elasticsearch-plugin remove x-pack > > ``` Did you restart Elasticsearch after you removed x-pack? > [@SJN8](#): > > for installing basic lic , actually , i just want to run My ELK Stack without X-pack . Would you be willing to explain why you want to do that? Starting in Elasticsearch 6.3, we intend to ship X-Pack installed by default, so I'm interested in hearing about why you want to remove it. ---
**Author:** ![SJN8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@SJN8](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SJN8)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2018, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-issue/126433/6 "2018-04-04T05:59:57Z")
yes i did restart after removing X-pack . so i got above exception. Reason for removing X-pack is to use other security solution . i am using ELK ver 6.1 . ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/license-issue/126433/7 "2018-05-02T06:00:03Z")
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