# Need validation of localhost:9200

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-validation-of-localhost-9200/109503>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 29, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-validation-of-localhost-9200/109503 "2017-11-29T03:47:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![chenfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@chenfan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chenfan)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-validation-of-localhost-9200/109503/1 "2017-11-29T03:47:21Z")

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help! when i curl localhost:9200 need validation  
i user /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-keystore create ==\>a keystore.seed  
i don't load the corresponding configuration to elasticsearch.yml  
i don't know how to do it,thanks

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when i "curl -i localhost:9200"  
HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized  
WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="security" charset="UTF-8"  
content-type: application/json; charset=UTF-8  
content-length: 369

```
{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"security_exception","reason":"missing authentication token for REST 
request [/]","header":{"WWW-Authenticate":"Basic realm=\"security\" charset=\"UTF-
8\""}}],"type":"security_exception","reason":"missing authentication token for REST request 
[/]","header":{"WWW-Authenticate":"Basic realm=\"security\" charset=\"UTF-8\"
```

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**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:** [November 29, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-validation-of-localhost-9200/109503/2 "2017-11-29T10:38:16Z")

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Probably because you installed x-pack?

Did you read the documentation about it? [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/xpack-introduction.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/xpack-introduction.html)

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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 27, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-validation-of-localhost-9200/109503/3 "2017-12-27T10:38:34Z")

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