# Missing authentication token for REST error

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-authentication-token-for-rest-error/142291
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [July 31, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-authentication-token-for-rest-error/142291 "2018-07-31T07:01:15Z")
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### Author: ![Albert\_Zaharovits](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/albert_zaharovits/32/24390_2.png) [@Albert\_Zaharovits](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Albert_Zaharovits)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2018, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-authentication-token-for-rest-error/142291/2 "2018-08-06T06:26:20Z")

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Hello @Miho,

Your `/_cluster/health` HTTP query is missing authn info. This [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-blocking-watcher-to-query-in-elasticsearch/40028/2) is an old answer about the same error.

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