# Transport SSL must be enabled for setups with production licenses. Please set \[xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled\] to \[true\] or disable security by setting \[xpack.security.enabled\] to \[false\]

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**Created:** [February 23, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-ssl-must-be-enabled-for-setups-with-production-licenses-please-set-xpack-security-transport-ssl-enabled-to-true-or-disable-security-by-setting-xpack-security-enabled-to-false/121152 "2018-02-23T02:41:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![rippfx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@rippfx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rippfx)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-ssl-must-be-enabled-for-setups-with-production-licenses-please-set-xpack-security-transport-ssl-enabled-to-true-or-disable-security-by-setting-xpack-security-enabled-to-false/121152/1 "2018-02-23T02:41:52Z")

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`Transport SSL must be enabled for setups with production licenses. Please set [xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled] to [true] or disable security by setting [xpack.security.enabled] to [false]`

I upgraded the pre-prod env to 6.2 from 5.6 and the cluster will not start unless I disable the security. I'm having trouble getting the the ssl set up properly. Can someone point me to the right direction?

Thanks

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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:** [March 6, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-ssl-must-be-enabled-for-setups-with-production-licenses-please-set-xpack-security-transport-ssl-enabled-to-true-or-disable-security-by-setting-xpack-security-enabled-to-false/121152/2 "2018-03-06T21:51:38Z")

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You could use self-signed certificates for your pre-prod environment if you can't get real certificates for that environment. Users will get a warning when they open Kibana, but they can go past that. I don't have the documentation link handy but you should find it easy.

Please let me know if you get stuck.

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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:** [April 3, 2018, 9:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/transport-ssl-must-be-enabled-for-setups-with-production-licenses-please-set-xpack-security-transport-ssl-enabled-to-true-or-disable-security-by-setting-xpack-security-enabled-to-false/121152/3 "2018-04-03T21:52:02Z")

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