# Not able to enable xpack

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-enable-xpack/181674>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 18, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-enable-xpack/181674 "2019-05-18T08:33:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![pathri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pathri/32/54484_2.png) [@pathri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pathri)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-enable-xpack/181674/1 "2019-05-18T08:33:04Z")

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I am writing below 3 lines in order to enable to xpack for es.yml

xpack.security.enabled: true  
elasticsearch.username: "test"  
elasticsearch.,password: "testing"

and not able to start es.

please let me know how to enable this feature in es 6.7.1 and then to kibana

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-enable-xpack/181674/2 "2019-05-18T08:40:48Z")

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Have you followed[this guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/6.7/security-getting-started.html)? Users and passwords are no longer specified through the Elasticsearch config file as [shown here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/6.7/get-started-built-in-users.html), so I suppose you might have used an out-of-date guide.

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**Author:** ![pathri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pathri/32/54484_2.png) [@pathri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pathri)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-enable-xpack/181674/3 "2019-05-21T09:54:44Z")

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@Christian_Dahlqvist: Thanks for showing path 🙂

my license doesn't have the security features available but i got the concept.  
Thanks 🙂

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-enable-xpack/181674/4 "2019-05-21T10:16:36Z")

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Have a look at [this announcement](https://www.elastic.co/blog/security-for-elasticsearch-is-now-free) and then upgrade to 6.8.

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**Author:** ![pathri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pathri/32/54484_2.png) [@pathri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pathri)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-enable-xpack/181674/5 "2019-05-23T05:43:53Z")

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Alrighty  
Thanks 🙂

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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:** [June 20, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-enable-xpack/181674/6 "2019-06-20T05:44:05Z")

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