# This connector requires Gold subscription

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/this-connector-requires-gold-subscription/380218>\
**Category:** Elastic Training\
**Created:** [July 17, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/this-connector-requires-gold-subscription/380218 "2025-07-17T13:17:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![topebiggs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/topebiggs/32/137946_2.png) [@topebiggs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/topebiggs)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/this-connector-requires-gold-subscription/380218/1 "2025-07-17T13:17:23Z")

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I am completing a course on Elastic Observability Engineer on Demand, Module 6: Actionable Observability Data, and running Lab 6.3 on Alerting, which requires creating an alert on Step 9. While doing this, I am getting a pop-up when I click the email icon, which states that "this connector requires a gold licence"

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**Author:** ![Andre\_Murbach\_Maidl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andre_murbach_maidl/32/83508_2.png) [@Andre\_Murbach\_Maidl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andre_Murbach_Maidl)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/this-connector-requires-gold-subscription/380218/2 "2025-07-17T18:00:06Z")

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Hi @topebiggs ,

your environment should have a valid license. You can also start a trial license.

Best,  
Andre