# Shield Goes Down Automatically

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-goes-down-automatically/57782>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [August 11, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-goes-down-automatically/57782 "2016-08-11T08:55:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Nabeel\_Gujar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Nabeel\_Gujar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nabeel_Gujar)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-goes-down-automatically/57782/1 "2016-08-11T08:55:14Z")

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I have shield and license installed on all my Nodes, 1 client,3 Master and 6 data Nodes but as soon as i start the cluster shield automatically goes down,exposing my cluster publicly. Status of shield changes to unlicensed and when i check my license it says active.

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**Author:** ![tanguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tanguy/32/6030_2.png) [@tanguy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tanguy)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-goes-down-automatically/57782/2 "2016-08-11T08:57:09Z")

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Hi,

Thanks for creating a thread here.

What messages do you see in logs? Which version are you using and what kind of license?

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**Author:** ![Nabeel\_Gujar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Nabeel\_Gujar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nabeel_Gujar)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-goes-down-automatically/57782/3 "2016-08-11T09:07:01Z")

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When i check the status of shield via :9200/\_shield. It gives me a status of "unlicensed". There are no errors in logs . Shield is not working for my cluster.

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**Author:** ![tanguy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tanguy/32/6030_2.png) [@tanguy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tanguy)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-goes-down-automatically/57782/4 "2016-08-11T09:35:27Z")

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Which version are you using and what kind of license?

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**Author:** ![Nabeel\_Gujar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Nabeel\_Gujar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nabeel_Gujar)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-goes-down-automatically/57782/5 "2016-08-11T09:38:15Z")

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{  
"nodes": {  
"mKlshXEBSPuurpFmFURTuA": {  
"plugins": [  
{  
"name": "license",  
"version": "2.3.3",  
"description": "Internal Elasticsearch Licensing Plugin",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "org.elasticsearch.license.plugin.LicensePlugin",  
"isolated": false,  
"site": false  
},  
{  
"name": "shield",  
"version": "2.3.3",  
"description": "Elasticsearch Shield (security)",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "org.elasticsearch.shield.ShieldPlugin",  
"isolated": false,  
"site": false  
}  
]  
},  
"a93QAuIhQAGjpXn7Q19DvA": {  
"plugins": [  
{  
"name": "license",  
"version": "2.3.3",  
"description": "Internal Elasticsearch Licensing Plugin",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "org.elasticsearch.license.plugin.LicensePlugin",  
"isolated": false,  
"site": false  
},  
{  
"name": "shield",  
"version": "2.3.3",  
"description": "Elasticsearch Shield (security)",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "org.elasticsearch.shield.ShieldPlugin",  
"isolated": false,  
"site": false  
},  
{  
"name": "siren-join",  
"version": "2.3.3-1",  
"description": "SIREn plugin that adds join capabilities to Elasticsearch",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "solutions.siren.join.SirenJoinPlugin",  
"isolated": true,  
"site": false  
}  
]  
},  
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"plugins": [  
{  
"name": "head",  
"version": "master",  
"description": "head - A web front end for an elastic search cluster",  
"url": "/\_plugin/head/",  
"jvm": false,  
"site": true  
},  
{  
"name": "hq",  
"version": "1.0.0",  
"description": "Elastic-HQ",  
"url": "/\_plugin/hq/",  
"jvm": false,  
"site": true  
},  
{  
"name": "license",  
"version": "2.3.3",  
"description": "Internal Elasticsearch Licensing Plugin",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "org.elasticsearch.license.plugin.LicensePlugin",  
"isolated": false,  
"site": false  
},  
{  
"name": "shield",  
"version": "2.3.3",  
"description": "Elasticsearch Shield (security)",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "org.elasticsearch.shield.ShieldPlugin",  
"isolated": false,  
"site": false  
},  
{  
"name": "siren-join",  
"version": "2.3.3-1",  
"description": "SIREn plugin that adds join capabilities to Elasticsearch",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "solutions.siren.join.SirenJoinPlugin",  
"isolated": true,  
"site": false  
}  
]  
},  
"oE8ybV3pSl6N7zGX2SG6yw": {  
"plugins": [  
{  
"name": "license",  
"version": "2.3.3",  
"description": "Internal Elasticsearch Licensing Plugin",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "org.elasticsearch.license.plugin.LicensePlugin",  
"isolated": false,  
"site": false  
},  
{  
"name": "shield",  
"version": "2.3.3",  
"description": "Elasticsearch Shield (security)",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "org.elasticsearch.shield.ShieldPlugin",  
"isolated": false,  
"site": false  
}  
]  
},  
"P1KmGyAwRYKHpz6zjK5Cwg": {  
"plugins": [  
{  
"name": "license",  
"version": "2.3.3",  
"description": "Internal Elasticsearch Licensing Plugin",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "org.elasticsearch.license.plugin.LicensePlugin",  
"isolated": false,  
"site": false  
},  
{  
"name": "shield",  
"version": "2.3.3",  
"description": "Elasticsearch Shield (security)",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "org.elasticsearch.shield.ShieldPlugin",  
"isolated": false,  
"site": false  
},  
{  
"name": "siren-join",  
"version": "2.3.3-1",  
"description": "SIREn plugin that adds join capabilities to Elasticsearch",  
"jvm": true,  
"classname": "solutions.siren.join.SirenJoinPlugin",  
"isolated": true,  
"site": false  
}  
]  
}}  
}

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**Author:** ![Nabeel\_Gujar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Nabeel\_Gujar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nabeel_Gujar)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-goes-down-automatically/57782/6 "2016-08-11T09:39:39Z")

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My Elasticsearch version is 2.3.3 and i am using shield with a basic license.

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**Author:** ![jaymode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jaymode/32/50103_2.png) [@jaymode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaymode)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-goes-down-automatically/57782/7 "2016-08-11T12:57:53Z")

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Shield will not function with a basic license, but you can request a trial license by sending an email to [info@elastic.co](mailto:info@elastic.co), which will let you try out shield.

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**Author:** ![Nabeel\_Gujar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@Nabeel\_Gujar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nabeel_Gujar)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-goes-down-automatically/57782/8 "2016-08-11T13:13:04Z")

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But trail license is gonna expire again in 30 days. Let me see if i can buy a gold subscription.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-goes-down-automatically/57782/9 "2017-07-06T13:42:20Z")

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