# Where is watcher?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-watcher/264627>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-watcher/264627 "2021-02-17T22:56:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![A\_Chichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@A\_Chichi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/A_Chichi)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-watcher/264627/1 "2021-02-17T22:56:01Z")

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Hello,

I would like to add alert to my ES cluster (v7.11).

I have the basic licence, so normally I have access to "Watcher" feature.

I've checked this link : [Watcher | Kibana Guide [7.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/watcher-ui.html) but unfortunately I can't find it in my Kibana interface ! How can I see it ? (I'm using the basic "elastic" account)

Here is the result of the `GET /_watcher/stats?pretty` curl :

```json
{
  "_nodes" : {
    "total" : 4,
    "successful" : 4,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "cluster_name" : "es-cluster",
  "manually_stopped" : false,
  "stats" : [
    {
      "node_id" : "sCJun4LCSvC2-j7D6ZNd3A",
      "watcher_state" : "started",
      "watch_count" : 0,
      "execution_thread_pool" : {
        "queue_size" : 0,
        "max_size" : 0
      }
    }
...

```

So watcher is enabled... I don't really understand.

Cans someone help me to find it please ?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![ylasri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ylasri/32/86120_2.png) [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-watcher/264627/2 "2021-02-17T22:58:36Z")

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Watcher is not part of the Basic distribution, you need a gold license, check it here

> **[Abonnements | Produits et support technique de la Suite Elastic | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/fr/subscriptions)**

But you have access to Kibana Alerting Framework with 2 actions : index et logging in the Basic Distribution

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**Author:** ![A\_Chichi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@A\_Chichi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/A_Chichi)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-watcher/264627/3 "2021-02-17T23:05:30Z")

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Thanks ! I just misread it... Sorry

Sadly, I can't send email with Kibana Alerting without a Gold licence. I'll find a workaround.

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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:** [March 17, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-is-watcher/264627/4 "2021-03-17T23:05:56Z")

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