# Testing Watcher without gold licence

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-watcher-without-gold-licence/220128>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-watcher-without-gold-licence/220128 "2020-02-20T08:34:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jakob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@Jakob](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jakob)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-watcher-without-gold-licence/220128/1 "2020-02-20T08:34:36Z")

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Hello,  
I'm trying to implement watchers for our cluster however I am waiting for confirmation from support about getting gold licence.  
While I'm waiting for it I would like to start testing the watcher configurations I've written, is there anyway to test this without having the gold licence activated?

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-watcher-without-gold-licence/220128/2 "2020-02-20T08:45:20Z")

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You can either run on elastic cloud or start the 30 day trial license, which also activates watcher.

Probably a dedicated cluster to test out things is easier.

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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:** [March 19, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/testing-watcher-without-gold-licence/220128/3 "2020-03-19T08:45:37Z")

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Closed on March 19, 2020, 8:45am UTC

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