# X-pack basic license can not be installed from Kabana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-can-not-be-installed-from-kabana/119247>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 9, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-can-not-be-installed-from-kabana/119247 "2018-02-09T13:50:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![abdul\_qayyum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@abdul\_qayyum](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdul_qayyum)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-can-not-be-installed-from-kabana/119247/1 "2018-02-09T13:50:47Z")

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I have downloaded x-pack basic license and tried to install using kibana. It gives authentication error:

```
{
  "error": {
"root_cause": [
  {
    "type": "security_exception",
    "reason": "action [cluster:admin/xpack/license/put] is unauthorized for user [kibana]"
  }
],
"type": "security_exception",
"reason": "action [cluster:admin/xpack/license/put] is unauthorized for user [kibana]"
  },
  "status": 403
}

```

my command was:

```
PUT /_xpack/license 
{..my license..}

```

So please tell me how to solve it. I am on windows machine and do not have curl even gc installed.

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**Author:** ![abdul\_qayyum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@abdul\_qayyum](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdul_qayyum)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-can-not-be-installed-from-kabana/119247/2 "2018-02-09T15:06:23Z")

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Here is the update:  
As there was no help so downloaded curl at last but here is the error I am facing now

> "Content-Type header [application/x-www-form-urlencoded] is not support

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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:** [February 9, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-can-not-be-installed-from-kabana/119247/3 "2018-02-09T15:55:51Z")

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You need to give the content type as explained in the guide: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/installing-license.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/installing-license.html)

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**Author:** ![abdul\_qayyum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@abdul\_qayyum](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdul_qayyum)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-can-not-be-installed-from-kabana/119247/4 "2018-02-09T16:18:26Z")

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After installation of curl and using your link here is the new problem:

> {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"security\_exception","reason":"failed to authent  
> icate user [elastic]","header":{"WWW-Authenticate":"Basic realm="security" cha  
> rset="UTF-8""}}],"type":"security\_exception","reason":"failed to authenticate  
> user [elastic]","header":{"WWW-Authenticate":"Basic realm="security" charset=  
> "UTF-8""}},"status":401}

I am running cURL from `c:\Windows\System32` as cURL is installed there. but my Elasticsearch is in D: so is this may be the problem?

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**Author:** ![abdul\_qayyum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@abdul\_qayyum](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdul_qayyum)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-can-not-be-installed-from-kabana/119247/5 "2018-02-09T16:27:37Z")

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Ok my bad, I was giving system password instead. Now all previous problem are solved but it is asking for acknowledgement that I will be able to do easily I think. thanks

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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 9, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-basic-license-can-not-be-installed-from-kabana/119247/6 "2018-03-09T16:27:47Z")

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