# What is included in the free X-Pack?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-included-in-the-free-x-pack/203334>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 13, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-included-in-the-free-x-pack/203334 "2019-10-13T05:43:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![trajano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/trajano/32/38853_2.png) [@trajano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/trajano)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-included-in-the-free-x-pack/203334/1 "2019-10-13T05:43:26Z")

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I am reading through [https://www.elastic.co/what-is/open-x-pack](https://www.elastic.co/what-is/open-x-pack) but I don't see ILM specifically mentioned. Just wanted to confirm whether it is too new a feature and it came out after or if it is actually not available in the free X-Pack

Actually, what is the free X-Pack anyway in the context of "Docker" because when I was building [https://github.com/trajano/elk-swarm](https://github.com/trajano/elk-swarm) I was under the impression that X-Pack was a paid feature so I tried to disable it.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-included-in-the-free-x-pack/203334/2 "2019-10-13T05:48:18Z")

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I would recommend looking at the [subscriptions page](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) for a breakdown of features by license level. ILM was probably released after the page you linked to was written, but is part of the free Basic license.

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**Author:** ![trajano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/trajano/32/38853_2.png) [@trajano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/trajano)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-included-in-the-free-x-pack/203334/3 "2019-10-13T05:50:58Z")

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I'm actually confused between the "open-source" vs "basic" (forever free) plan. Like how do we get the "forever free" or is it automatically included in the Docker images?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-included-in-the-free-x-pack/203334/4 "2019-10-13T06:44:56Z")

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Whether you download a Elasticseach directly or use a docker image, there are two distributions. The OSS distribution contains only open-source code and does not include any other components. The default distribution comes bundled with X-Pack, and the license level you are using determines the feature set available. The default here is the free Basic license, but you can upgrade that to a commercial license without having to change distribution/software.

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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:** [November 10, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-included-in-the-free-x-pack/203334/5 "2019-11-10T06:44:58Z")

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