# Winlogbeat not able to send data to elastic (401 Unauthorized)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-not-able-to-send-data-to-elastic-401-unauthorized/66580>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [November 18, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-not-able-to-send-data-to-elastic-401-unauthorized/66580 "2016-11-18T19:27:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-not-able-to-send-data-to-elastic-401-unauthorized/66580/2 "2016-11-18T19:45:13Z")

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Your elasticsearch servers are responding with [401](https://httpstatuses.com/401). Please check that you have the correct username and password specified in the config file.

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