# Questions on basic license which will allow me to use watcher service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-on-basic-license-which-will-allow-me-to-use-watcher-service/133411>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [May 27, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-on-basic-license-which-will-allow-me-to-use-watcher-service/133411 "2018-05-27T02:57:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![arundeepreddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@arundeepreddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arundeepreddy)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-on-basic-license-which-will-allow-me-to-use-watcher-service/133411/1 "2018-05-27T02:57:12Z")

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Hi Guys,

I got the basic version x-pack license today, when I checked my trial\_status it shows that I'm not eligible to start a free trail. Can I get some help on the same ?

I wanted to play around with the watcher service on kibana. I should have access to all the services for first 30 days correct ?

I also need some help on how to configure xpack.watcher service to use it.

curl -X GET -u elastic:\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* "localhost:9200/\_xpack/license/trial\_status"  
{"eligible\_to\_start\_trial":false}

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-on-basic-license-which-will-allow-me-to-use-watcher-service/133411/2 "2018-05-27T06:26:30Z")

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> [@arundeepreddy](#):
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> I wanted to play around with the watcher service on kibana. I should have access to all the services for first 30 days correct ?

The way it works is you get a Platinum level license as a trial and it lasts for 30 days. If you then obtain and apply a Basic license it'll over-ride that.

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**Author:** ![arundeepreddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@arundeepreddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arundeepreddy)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-on-basic-license-which-will-allow-me-to-use-watcher-service/133411/3 "2018-05-27T08:00:33Z")

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Thanks Mark.

Could you please help me in understanding the configuration changes that I need to do in the .yml files for enabling watcher ? Also, do I need to install xpack for both elastic search and kibana ? Or just the kibana works ?

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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 24, 2018, 8:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-on-basic-license-which-will-allow-me-to-use-watcher-service/133411/4 "2018-06-24T08:00:40Z")

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