Unable to create api key

[samueliako (Samuel John)]

Hi all,
I have problem with generating api key using this command "#sudo -u apm-server apm-server apikey create --name user1-key". I'm receiving this error:

{"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"feature_not_enabled_exception","reason":"api keys are not enabled","disabled.feature":"api_keys"}],"type":"feature_not_enabled_exception","reason":"api keys are not enabled","disabled.feature":"api_keys"},"status":400}

But api key is enabled in apm-server.yml config file. Here is output of "#sudo -u apm-server apm-server export config" command:

apm-server:
  api_key:
    enabled: true
    limit: 100
  host: elasticapm.node:8200
logging:
  ecs: true
  json: true
  metrics:
    enabled: false
output:
  elasticsearch:
    hosts:
    - elastic.node:9200
    password: ***
    username: apmtech
path:
  config: /etc/apm-server
  data: /var/lib/apm-server
  home: /usr/share/apm-server
  logs: /var/log/apm-server

APM server version is 7.12.1
Does anyone have any suggestion what is wrong?

[simitt (Silvia Mitter)]

Hi @samueliako ,
please ensure that API Key support is enabled in Elasticsearch, otherwise the APM Server CLI tool cannot create any API Keys.

[samueliako (Samuel John)]

Hi @simitt,
You are right, API Keys is not enabled in Elasticsearch. Thank you very much for your answer and showing right direction!