# X-Pack installation, does not seem to be creating indices
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 12, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398 "2017-12-12T17:47:27Z")
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### Author:  [@ajwillo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajwillo)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398/1 "2017-12-12T17:47:27Z")
Hi,
Im following the guide for installing x-pack [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.0/installing-xpack-es.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.0/installing-xpack-es.html)
but when it comes to generate the passwords I am met with error:
```
ubuntu@ip-10:~$ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/x-pack/setup-passwords interactive
Unexpected response code [404] from calling GET http://127.0.0.1:9200/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty
Possible causes include:
* The relative path of the URL is incorrect. Is there a proxy in-between?
* The protocol (http/https) does not match the port.
* Is this really an Elasticsearch server?
ERROR: Uknown error
ubuntu@ip-10:~$ curl http://127.0.0.1:9200/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty
{
"error" : {
"root_cause" : [
{
"type" : "index_not_found_exception",
"reason" : "no such index",
"resource.type" : "index_expression",
"resource.id" : "_xpack",
"index_uuid" : "_na_",
"index" : "_xpack"
}
],
"type" : "index_not_found_exception",
"reason" : "no such index",
"resource.type" : "index_expression",
"resource.id" : "_xpack",
"index_uuid" : "_na_",
"index" : "_xpack"
},
"status" : 404
}
```
I added the below to my Elasticsearch.yml, hoping to resolve the issues:
action.auto\_create\_index: .security,.monitoring\*,.watches,.triggered\_watches,.watcher-history\*,.ml\*,\__,._
xpack.license.self\_generated.type: basic
I then uninstalled x-pack with the purge option and re installed it again, with the same results
the indices do not seem to be created:
ubuntu@ip-10:~$ curl [http://localhost:9200/\_cat/indices?v](http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices?v)
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open .kibana okhgXcGATfevshyWItKFYA 1 1 2 1 13.6kb 13.6kb
yellow open logstash-2017.12.12 \_H\_BED7-QsW9wuu0y9FBUA 5 1 370 0 688.7kb 688.7kb
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### Author:  [@ajwillo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajwillo)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398/2 "2017-12-13T14:48:06Z")
Can anyone point me n the right direction?
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### Author:  [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2017, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398/3 "2017-12-14T05:49:01Z")
Hi,
Can you please share the output of:
> /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -V
> /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin list -v
so that we can take this further ?
Also, keep in mind that setting
> xpack.license.self\_generated.type: basic
will not allow you to use Security ( as the trial license would for a limited time ) since [X-Pack Security is not part of the Basic License](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)
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### Author:  [@ajwillo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajwillo)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398/4 "2017-12-14T08:37:13Z")
Hi,
I did think that in order for an index to be created data needs to be sent? so then do I need to do something else to send the data for x-pack?
```
ubuntu@ip-10:~$ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -V
Version: 6.0.1, Build: 601be4a/2017-12-04T09:29:09.525Z, JVM: 1.8.0_151
ubuntu@ip-10:~$ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin list -v
Plugins directory: /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins
x-pack
- Plugin information:
Name: x-pack
Description: Elasticsearch Expanded Pack Plugin
Version: 6.0.1
Native Controller: true
Requires Keystore: true
* Classname: org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackPlugin
ubuntu@ip-10:~$
```
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### Author:  [@ajwillo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajwillo)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398/5 "2017-12-18T12:07:18Z")
ive taken out the action.auto\_create\_index line completely and tried uninstall and re install again, no luck
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398/7 "2017-12-18T12:35:29Z")
> [@](#):
>
> xpack.license.self\_generated.type: basic
This is almost certainly the cause of your problem.
Check the output of these two commands, but I expect to find security is not enabled, because you have a _Basic_ license installed, which does not include support for security.
```
curl 'http://localhost:9200/_xpack?categories=features&pretty'
curl 'http://localhost:9200/_xpack/license'
```
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### Author:  [@ajwillo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajwillo)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398/8 "2017-12-18T15:23:08Z")
I removed that line the other day also and uninstalled/reinstalled, same issue. output from commands as per the below:
```
ubuntu@ip-10:~$ curl 'http://localhost:9200/_xpack?categories=features&pretty'
{
"features" : {
"graph" : {
"description" : "Graph Data Exploration for the Elastic Stack",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : true
},
"logstash" : {
"description" : "Logstash management component for X-Pack",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : true
},
"ml" : {
"description" : "Machine Learning for the Elastic Stack",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : true,
"native_code_info" : {
"version" : "6.0.1",
"build_hash" : "cee2d13e3e1fc5"
}
},
"monitoring" : {
"description" : "Monitoring for the Elastic Stack",
"available" : true,
"enabled" : true
},
"security" : {
"description" : "Security for the Elastic Stack",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : false
},
"watcher" : {
"description" : "Alerting, Notification and Automation for the Elastic Stack",
"available" : false,
"enabled" : true
}
},
"tagline" : "You know, for X"
}
ubuntu@ip-10:~$ curl 'http://localhost:9200/_xpack/license'
{
"license" : {
"status" : "active",
"uid" : "c62f70dd-290c-4dd5-a070-26b5727bfd2c",
"type" : "basic",
"issue_date" : "2017-12-13T12:09:56.699Z",
"issue_date_in_millis" : 1513166996699,
"expiry_date" : "2018-01-12T12:09:56.699Z",
"expiry_date_in_millis" : 1515758996699,
"max_nodes" : 1000,
"issued_to" : "elasticsearch",
"issuer" : "elasticsearch",
"start_date_in_millis" : -1
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398/9 "2017-12-19T08:17:41Z")
By same issue, do you mean :
> [@ajwillo](#):
>
> ubuntu@ip-10:~$ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/x-pack/setup-passwords interactive
>
> Unexpected response code [404] from calling GET [http://127.0.0.1:9200/\_xpack/security/\_authenticate?pretty](http://127.0.0.1:9200/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty)
> Possible causes include:
>
> - The relative path of the URL is incorrect. Is there a proxy in-between?
> - The protocol (http/https) does not match the port.
> - Is this really an Elasticsearch server?
>
> ERROR: Uknown error
As mentioned before, Security is not a feature that is included in the Basic license, so generating passwords is not applicable. `setup-passwords` is a CLI tool for setting passwords for the X-Pack Security built-in users.
Do you have additional issues with your installation that are relevant to this ?
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### Author:  [@ajwillo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ajwillo)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398/10 "2017-12-19T13:58:14Z")
Thanks, I understand now. I was following the guides and the guides do not say bypass this section if you do not want security.
ive now installed the rest of the plugins and I now have the monitoring installed.
Thanks for your help
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-does-not-seem-to-be-creating-indices/111398/11 "2018-01-16T13:58:38Z")
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