# X-Pack basic license and security

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-and-security/135331>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 11, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-and-security/135331 "2018-06-11T10:13:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![guy.braeckmans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b38774/32.png) [@guy.braeckmans](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/guy.braeckmans)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-and-security/135331/1 "2018-06-11T10:13:13Z")

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Hi,

I installed Elastic, Kibana en filebeats + winlogbeats successfully on a Windows server. All is working fine. It was clear that we needed some security for this. I therefore installed x-pack. The install worked fine. I have the basic license now. However, I see that there is no security at all in this version. The first time I went to the kibana home page, it asked for credentials. I entered the elastic super user and password and got through. However, since then, kibana never asks for a password again. the kibana.yml, winbeats.yml and winlogbeats.yml files all have the elastic user configured and still seem to work. However, I can get straight to the kibana home page without any credentials. This is a bit disappointing as I hoped I would at least get this basic security.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-and-security/135331/2 "2018-06-11T10:27:43Z")

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Basic does not have security builtin as per [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 11:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-and-security/135331/4 "2018-08-01T23:56:22Z")

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