# Seeing security exceptions after installing X-Pack

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-security-exceptions-after-installing-x-pack/132841>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 22, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-security-exceptions-after-installing-x-pack/132841 "2018-05-22T14:38:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![maheshm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@maheshm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maheshm)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-security-exceptions-after-installing-x-pack/132841/1 "2018-05-22T14:38:35Z")

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Hi,

Seeing below error after unpacking x-pack and enabling security. Also, added elasticsearch username/password in the kibana.yml file.

can someone please share more insights if I've done anything wrong? were you able to fix this facing problem?

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/a/7a7819ec0b442a3df46937283c6fe7bfbad21f6f.jpg)

Regards  
Mahesh

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**Author:** ![JKhondhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-security-exceptions-after-installing-x-pack/132841/2 "2018-05-22T14:40:27Z")

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is the x-pack plugin installed on all elasticsearch nodes and on kibana?

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**Author:** ![maheshm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@maheshm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maheshm)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-security-exceptions-after-installing-x-pack/132841/3 "2018-05-23T08:44:01Z")

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Yes, X-Pack is extracted and installed on all nodes.

Regards  
Mahesh

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**Author:** ![JKhondhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-security-exceptions-after-installing-x-pack/132841/4 "2018-05-23T08:56:52Z")

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Can you share your elasticsearch.yml and kibana.yml the exception itself looks more towards the authentication request, perhaps from the credentials.

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**Author:** ![maheshm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@maheshm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maheshm)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-security-exceptions-after-installing-x-pack/132841/5 "2018-05-23T09:13:17Z")

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Attached contains the requested files,

**elasticsearch.yml**  
[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1feG6T7HipAX4U3R-ELzcuVBw6peci8Wr](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1feG6T7HipAX4U3R-ELzcuVBw6peci8Wr)

**kibana.yml**  
[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1\_Cpy8qW2h0KuZYbu\_mVhnsdpQ4GZVB6V](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_Cpy8qW2h0KuZYbu_mVhnsdpQ4GZVB6V)

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**Author:** ![maheshm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@maheshm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maheshm)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-security-exceptions-after-installing-x-pack/132841/6 "2018-05-23T10:02:05Z")

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Please confirm if you are able to access and view them.

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**Author:** ![maheshm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@maheshm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maheshm)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-security-exceptions-after-installing-x-pack/132841/7 "2018-05-23T12:59:09Z")

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Thanks Jymit. Issue is fixed by adding basic user name and password.

**Basic name** (working)  
elastic.username:  
elastic.password:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/e/7e8336071c5094039d0209b2b1e61dea2e16b063.png)

**X-Pack name** (not working)  
xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.username:  
xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.password:

Regards  
Mahesh

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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, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/seeing-security-exceptions-after-installing-x-pack/132841/8 "2018-06-20T12:59:18Z")

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