# Missing authentication details for REST request

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-authentication-details-for-rest-request/289000>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [November 11, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-authentication-details-for-rest-request/289000 "2021-11-11T14:50:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Molly\_Fraser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/molly_fraser/32/81420_2.png) [@Molly\_Fraser](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Molly_Fraser)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-authentication-details-for-rest-request/289000/1 "2021-11-11T14:50:54Z")

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Hi all,

I have been configuring minimal security of the Elastic Stack and unfortunately I am unable to run Kibana as it throws this error:

log [14:40:45.047] [error][savedobjects-service] Unable to retrieve version information from Elasticsearch nodes. security\_exception: [security\_exception] Reason: missing authentication credentials for REST request [/\_nodes?filter\_path=nodes._.version%2Cnodes._.http.publish\_address%2Cnodes.\*.ip]

Any help would be appreciated as I am still new to the stack!

Thanks,  
Molly

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**Author:** ![sebastien](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sebastien/32/36119_2.png) [@sebastien](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sebastien)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-authentication-details-for-rest-request/289000/2 "2021-11-11T17:09:31Z")

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Hi @Molly_Fraser

Have you correctly defined the following settings in your `config/kibana.yml` file?

```auto
elasticsearch.username: "kibana_system"
elasticsearch.password: "<password-defined-in-elasticsearch-for-kibana_system>"

```

Cheers  
Sébastien

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-authentication-details-for-rest-request/289000/3 "2021-12-09T17:10:13Z")

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