# Security must be explicitly enabled when using a \[basic\] license

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-must-be-explicitly-enabled-when-using-a-basic-license/222602>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 8, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-must-be-explicitly-enabled-when-using-a-basic-license/222602 "2020-03-08T13:23:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Burga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Burga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Burga)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-must-be-explicitly-enabled-when-using-a-basic-license/222602/1 "2020-03-08T13:23:10Z")

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Hi ,  
when I'm trying to open a Kibana I get 🙂  
Security must be explicitly enabled when using a [basic] license. Enable security by setting [xpack.security.enabled] .....

but when I set xpack.security.enabled : true i get "Transport SSL must be enabled"

how can I overcome this issue ?(without SSL)

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-must-be-explicitly-enabled-when-using-a-basic-license/222602/2 "2020-03-12T15:09:24Z")

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It's not possible to do this with the Basic license as that counts as a production license.  
For a cluster that is running in production mode with a production license, once security is enabled, transport TLS/SSL must also be enabled. On the other hand, if we are running with a trial license, then transport TLS/SSL is not obligatory.  
You either disable security or configure TLS.

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**Author:** ![Burga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Burga](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Burga)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-must-be-explicitly-enabled-when-using-a-basic-license/222602/3 "2020-03-14T12:50:24Z")

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Thank you .

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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:** [April 11, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/security-must-be-explicitly-enabled-when-using-a-basic-license/222602/4 "2020-04-11T12:50:33Z")

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