# Watcher issue in x-pack
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-issue-in-x-pack/48508
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 27, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-issue-in-x-pack/48508 "2016-04-27T06:55:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@udaykirankona](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/udaykirankona)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-issue-in-x-pack/48508/1 "2016-04-27T06:55:54Z")
Hi guys,
I installed ES. logstash. kibana 5.0 with x-pack.
when I am trying to run following command
curl --user watching:watching -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/.watcher-history\*/\_search?pretty](http://localhost:9200/.watcher-history*/_search?pretty)'
I am getting following error
"payload" : {
"error" : {
"root\_cause" : [ {
"type" : "security\_exception",
"reason" : "missing authentication token for REST request [/\_cluster/health]",
"header" : {
"WWW-Authenticate" : "Basic realm="shield""
}
} ],
"type" : "security\_exception",
"reason" : "missing authentication token for REST request [/\_cluster/health]",
"header" : {
"WWW-Authenticate" : "Basic realm="shield""
}
},
"status" : 401
},
Can you please help me to resolve this.
Thanks in advance
Uday.K
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### Author:  [@jaymode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaymode)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2016, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-issue-in-x-pack/48508/2 "2016-04-27T10:11:50Z")
Hi Uday,
A few questions, is the error you are getting directly from the curl request you posted? It appears to be a different request `/_cluster/health`. Do you have have any realm configuration or custom settings?
-Jay
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### Author:  [@udaykirankona](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/udaykirankona)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2016, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-issue-in-x-pack/48508/3 "2016-04-27T10:35:55Z")
Hi Jay,
these are steps we followed
PUT /\_watcher/watch/cluster\_health\_watch
{
"trigger" : {
"schedule" : { "interval" : "10s" }
},
"input" : {
"http" : {
"request" : {
"host" : "localhost/IP",
"port" : 9200,
"path" : "/\_cluster/health"
}
}
}
}
1. first I scheduled watcher and then tried to get results using curl
which is - curl --user watching:watching -XGET '[http://IP:9200/.watcher-history\*/\_search?pretty](http://IP:9200/.watcher-history*/_search?pretty)'
2. We dont have any custom realm, I am using esusers (default) realm.
Thanks,
Uday.K
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### Author:  [@jaymode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaymode)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-issue-in-x-pack/48508/4 "2016-04-27T11:20:42Z")
Ah I see. You will need to provide credentials for your watch to execute, which our documentation does not clearly state. I'll open a issue to get this corrected. For details on how to do this, see:
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/input.html#\_calling\_external\_webservices](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/input.html#_calling_external_webservices)
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### Author:  [@udaykirankona](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/udaykirankona)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-issue-in-x-pack/48508/5 "2016-04-27T11:33:10Z")
Thanks Jay, it worked.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-issue-in-x-pack/48508/6 "2017-07-06T13:41:08Z")