# Logstash- Unable to retrieve license information from license server

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-retrieve-license-information-from-license-server/264979>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [February 21, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-retrieve-license-information-from-license-server/264979 "2021-02-21T11:57:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 21, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-unable-to-retrieve-license-information-from-license-server/264979/2 "2021-02-21T17:57:00Z")

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> [@anoopkv](#):
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> xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.verification\_mode

Did you read the documentation?

> Option to validate the server’s certificate. Defaults to `certificate` . To disable, set to `none` . **Disabling this severely compromises security.**

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