# X-pack insatalltion **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [July 9, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-insatalltion/139206 "2018-07-09T15:20:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kolli\_dilip](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kolli_dilip/32/33821_2.png) [@kolli\_dilip](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kolli_dilip)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-insatalltion/139206/1 "2018-07-09T15:20:04Z")
Hi All, Have a basic doubt regarding the new release of Elastic Stack 6.3.0, will it contain x-pack installation package by default i.r if we install Elasticsearch or Kibana will the features of X-pack (basic free license) will be automatically installed And by changing the xpack related features in the elasticsearch/kibana yml will the features reflect. Please clarify my doubt Thanks in advance Dilip ---
**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-insatalltion/139206/2 "2018-07-09T18:56:08Z")
Hey @kolli_dilip, the default distributions do contain x-pack with the basic (free) license, but we also have oss packages that don't have the x-pack plugins installed by default. > And by changing the xpack related features in the elasticsearch/kibana yml will the features reflect. I'm not sure I'm following, would you mind elaborating? ---
**Author:** ![kolli\_dilip](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kolli_dilip/32/33821_2.png) [@kolli\_dilip](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kolli_dilip)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-insatalltion/139206/3 "2018-07-10T08:17:32Z")
Thank you @Brandon_Kobel for having a look on my query, to elaborate, for example 1- I need to put a basic authentication on users logging on to Kibana, so can i do it with the amendment in the yml of kibana and elastic-search. 2- I need to put up monitoring based on few threshold values, which is purely an Xpack thing, so how to proceed on it. ---
**Author:** ![Brandon\_Kobel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandon_kobel/32/14829_2.png) [@Brandon\_Kobel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Brandon_Kobel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-insatalltion/139206/4 "2018-07-10T11:41:13Z")
@kolli_dilip the X-Pack Basic license give you Monitoring, but you'll need a Gold License to use our Security plugin. [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions) contains further details on which features are available with which license. ---
**Author:** ![kolli\_dilip](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kolli_dilip/32/33821_2.png) [@kolli\_dilip](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kolli_dilip)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-insatalltion/139206/5 "2018-07-10T11:49:13Z")
ok so once i install elk i can configure monitoring based on my requirement with the x-pack plugin added to kibana by default, please correct me if i am wrong ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-insatalltion/139206/6 "2018-08-07T11:49:15Z")
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