# Shield license

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license/58910>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [August 25, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license/58910 "2016-08-25T09:44:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![dkspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@dkspace](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dkspace)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license/58910/1 "2016-08-25T09:44:23Z")

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Dear colleagues.  
could you clarify : does Shield work with "type" : "basic" license

**"license" : {**  
**"status" : "active",**  
"uid" : "blablabla",  
**"type" : "basic",**  
....  
In my case i see that Shield loaded  
[2016-08-25 12:25:06,630][INFO][http] [Vincente] Using [org.elasticsearch.http.netty.NettyHttpServerTransport] as http transport, overridden by [shield]  
[2016-08-25 12:25:06,833][INFO][transport] [Vincente] Using [org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.ShieldServerTransportService] as transport service, overridden by [shield]  
[2016-08-25 12:25:06,833][INFO][transport] [Vincente] Using [org.elasticsearch.shield.transport.netty.ShieldNettyTransport] as transport, overridden by [shield]

But it allow any user there is no reject for  
curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/)'  
{  
"name" : "Vincente",  
"cluster\_name" : "elasticsearch",  
"version" : {  
"number" : "2.3.5",  
"build\_hash" : "blablabla",  
"build\_timestamp" : "2016-07-27T10:36:52Z",  
"build\_snapshot" : false,  
"lucene\_version" : "5.5.0"  
},  
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"  
}  
[root@deskbook elasticsearch]#

or

```
 curl -u BLABLA -XGET 'http://localhost:9200/'
Enter host password for user 'BLABLA': anypassword
{
  "name" : "Vincente",
  "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "2.3.5",
    "build_hash" : "blabla",
    "build_timestamp" : "2016-07-27T10:36:52Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "5.5.0"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}

```

Why there is no reject ?

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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 25, 2016, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license/58910/2 "2016-08-25T11:36:59Z")

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Hi @dkspace,

Shield is not enabled with a basic license. If you would like to try out Shield, please contact [info@elastic.co](mailto:info@elastic.co) to request a trial license.

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**Author:** ![dkspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@dkspace](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dkspace)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license/58910/3 "2016-08-25T11:37:52Z")

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Thank you!

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**Author:** ![dkspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@dkspace](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dkspace)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license/58910/4 "2016-08-29T20:20:58Z")

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it`s strange but no response from [info@elastic.co](mailto:info@elastic.co)

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**Author:** ![skearns](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/skearns/32/125945_2.png) [@skearns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/skearns)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license/58910/5 "2016-08-29T20:59:30Z")

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Hey Dmitriy,

I will send you a DM and we'll see if we can sort out why there wasn't a response, and get you a trial license extension.

Thanks,  
Steve

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**Author:** ![dkspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc79bd/32.png) [@dkspace](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dkspace)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license/58910/6 "2016-08-30T06:49:10Z")

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-license/58910/7 "2017-07-06T13:42:09Z")

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