# Not able to start elasticsearch 6.5.4 cleanly after adding xpack configuration to the yaml

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-6-5-4-cleanly-after-adding-xpack-configuration-to-the-yaml/231172>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 5, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-6-5-4-cleanly-after-adding-xpack-configuration-to-the-yaml/231172 "2020-05-05T14:22:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shikha\_Priyedarshi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shikha_priyedarshi/32/44739_2.png) [@Shikha\_Priyedarshi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shikha_Priyedarshi)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-6-5-4-cleanly-after-adding-xpack-configuration-to-the-yaml/231172/1 "2020-05-05T14:22:42Z")

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Hi All,  
Greetings !!  
I am not able to start elasticsearch 6.5.4 cluster after adding these xpack configurations to the yaml:

xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true  
xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification\_mode: certificate  
xpack.security.transport.ssl.keystore.path: elastic-certificates.p12  
xpack.security.transport.ssl.truststore.path: elastic-certificates.p12  
xpack.license.self\_generated.type: trial

The two clusters are throwing below errors and are not able to join each other. Also if the elasticsearch node gets started and we do a basic curl it says authentication failure.

Please find the log below:

[cluster:monitor/nodes/stats[n]]  
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSecurityException: missing authentication token for action [cluster:monitor/nodes/stats[n]]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.support.Exceptions.authenticationError(Exceptions.java:18) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.authc.DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler.createAuthenticationError(DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler.java:161) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.authc.DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler.missingToken(DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler.java:116) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$AuditableTransportRequest.anonymousAccessDenied(AuthenticationService.java:517) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$handleNullToken$17(AuthenticationService.java:342) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.handleNullToken(AuthenticationService.java:347) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.consumeToken(AuthenticationService.java:259) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$extractToken$7(AuthenticationService.java:230) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.extractToken(AuthenticationService.java:248) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$authenticateAsync$0(AuthenticationService.java:182) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener$1.onResponse(ActionListener.java:60) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.TokenService.getAndValidateToken(TokenService.java:310) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$authenticateAsync$2(AuthenticationService.java:178) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$lookForExistingAuthentication$4(AuthenticationService.java:209) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lookForExistingAuthentication(AuthenticationService.java:220) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.authenticateAsync(AuthenticationService.java:174) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.access$000(AuthenticationService.java:134) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService.authenticate(AuthenticationService.java:104) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.ServerTransportFilter$NodeProfile.inbound(ServerTransportFilter.java:130) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.SecurityServerTransportInterceptor$ProfileSecuredRequestHandler.messageReceived(SecurityServerTransportInterceptor.java:307) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.transport.RequestHandlerRegistry.processMessageReceived(RequestHandlerRegistry.java:66) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport$RequestHandler.doRun(TcpTransport.java:1350) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingAbstractRunnable.doRun(ThreadContext.java:723) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:37) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) ~[?:1.8.0\_242]  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) ~[?:1.8.0\_242]  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0\_242]  
[2020-05-05T10:20:06,396][DEBUG][o.e.a.a.i.s.TransportIndicesStatsAction] [node-1] failed to execute [indices:monitor/stats] on node [S2HO0QXTQEGAVMYKt77uEA]  
org.elasticsearch.transport.RemoteTransportException: [node-2][10.234.175.86:9300][indices:monitor/stats[n]]  
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchSecurityException: missing authentication token for action [indices:monitor/stats[n]]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.support.Exceptions.authenticationError(Exceptions.java:18) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.authc.DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler.createAuthenticationError(DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler.java:161) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.security.authc.DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler.missingToken(DefaultAuthenticationFailureHandler.java:116) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$AuditableTransportRequest.anonymousAccessDenied(AuthenticationService.java:517) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$handleNullToken$17(AuthenticationService.java:342) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.handleNullToken(AuthenticationService.java:347) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.consumeToken(AuthenticationService.java:259) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$extractToken$7(AuthenticationService.java:230) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.extractToken(AuthenticationService.java:248) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$authenticateAsync$0(AuthenticationService.java:182) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener$1.onResponse(ActionListener.java:60) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.TokenService.getAndValidateToken(TokenService.java:310) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$authenticateAsync$2(AuthenticationService.java:178) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lambda$lookForExistingAuthentication$4(AuthenticationService.java:209) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.lookForExistingAuthentication(AuthenticationService.java:220) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.authenticateAsync(AuthenticationService.java:174) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService$Authenticator.access$000(AuthenticationService.java:134) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.authc.AuthenticationService.authenticate(AuthenticationService.java:104) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.ServerTransportFilter$NodeProfile.inbound(ServerTransportFilter.java:130) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.xpack.security.transport.SecurityServerTransportInterceptor$ProfileSecuredRequestHandler.messageReceived(SecurityServerTransportInterceptor.java:307) ~[?:?]  
at org.elasticsearch.transport.RequestHandlerRegistry.processMessageReceived(RequestHandlerRegistry.java:66) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.transport.TcpTransport$RequestHandler.doRun(TcpTransport.java:1350) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingAbstractRunnable.doRun(ThreadContext.java:723) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:37) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.4.jar:6.5.4]  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) ~[?:1.8.0\_242]  
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) ~[?:1.8.0\_242]  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0\_242]

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**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-start-elasticsearch-6-5-4-cleanly-after-adding-xpack-configuration-to-the-yaml/231172/2 "2020-06-02T14:22:53Z")

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