# Setting "xpack.security.enabled" hasn't been registered

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-xpack-security-enabled-hasnt-been-registered/110573>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 6, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-xpack-security-enabled-hasnt-been-registered/110573 "2017-12-06T20:36:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rj-reilly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rj-reilly/32/24568_2.png) [@rj-reilly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rj-reilly)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-xpack-security-enabled-hasnt-been-registered/110573/1 "2017-12-06T20:36:29Z")

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Hi, I installed x-pack on elasticsearch, logstash and kibana set the appropriate settings kibana and elasticsearch are working just fine but i get the following error in logstash.

`An unexpected error occurred! {:error=>#<ArgumentError: Setting "xpack.security.enabled" hasn't been registered>, :backtrace=>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:32:in`get\_setting'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:65:in `set_value'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:84:in`block in merge'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1343:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:84:in`merge'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:133:in `validate_all'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:280:in`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:232:in`run'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:71:in`'"]}`

logstash.yml  
xpack.management.enabled: true  
xpack.management.elasticsearch.username: ""  
xpack.monitoring.enabled: true  
xpack.security.enabled: false

cheers!  
rob

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**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-xpack-security-enabled-hasnt-been-registered/110573/2 "2017-12-06T23:54:57Z")

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Hi Rob,

See this issue; [https://github.com/elastic/logstash/issues/8493](https://github.com/elastic/logstash/issues/8493)

It's not expanding here like I thought public github issues usually do, so I'll elaborate on what's in that issue;

```auto
In Elastic and Kibana, when x-pack is installed but the security is disabled, you have the following setting in config file:

xpack.security.enabled: false
But in logstash, this setting does not exist.
Instead, you have to provide and empty login and an empty password :

xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.url: http://localhost:9201
xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.username: 
xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.password:

```

Regards,  
Lee

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**Author:** ![rj-reilly](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rj-reilly/32/24568_2.png) [@rj-reilly](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rj-reilly)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-xpack-security-enabled-hasnt-been-registered/110573/3 "2017-12-08T15:40:13Z")

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@LeeDr that fixed it 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:** [January 5, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-xpack-security-enabled-hasnt-been-registered/110573/4 "2018-01-05T15:40:13Z")

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