# Using bundled Xpack (ElasticStack 6.3+) with basic license for monitoring
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-bundled-xpack-elasticstack-6-3-with-basic-license-for-monitoring/136653
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 20, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-bundled-xpack-elasticstack-6-3-with-basic-license-for-monitoring/136653 "2018-06-20T09:24:01Z")
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### Author:  [@Dheeraj\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dheeraj_Gupta)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-bundled-xpack-elasticstack-6-3-with-basic-license-for-monitoring/136653/1 "2018-06-20T09:24:02Z")
Hi,
I was going through the release notes of 6.3 where you state that X-Pack features are now bundled with ElasticStack individual components (Kibana, Elasticsearch and Logstash etc.). Some of the features are "free" which are covered under basic license (geneated by default) while others depend on the subscription plan.
The [license page](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) tells me that full-stack monitoring is bundled with basic license. The [license expiration](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/current/license-expiration.html) says that once the trial license expires
> The agent will stop collecting cluster and indices metrics
Does that mean that `xpack.monitoring.collection.enabled` setting can be set to `true` only with a trial license and NOT with a basic license?
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### Author:  [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-bundled-xpack-elasticstack-6-3-with-basic-license-for-monitoring/136653/2 "2018-06-20T10:45:36Z")
The start of that section says:
> These error messages tell you when the license expires and what features will be disabled if you fail to update the license.
With 6.3 you get a non-expiring basic license that includes the free features (and Full stack monitoring is one of them)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 18, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-bundled-xpack-elasticstack-6-3-with-basic-license-for-monitoring/136653/3 "2018-07-18T10:45:36Z")
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