# X-Pack : Monitoring Only?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-monitoring-only/126195
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 30, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-monitoring-only/126195 "2018-03-30T07:01:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Julzor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Julzor)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-monitoring-only/126195/1 "2018-03-30T07:01:42Z")
Hello,
I'm kinda new to ELK stack.
Currently, i have a cluster of 2 nodes, 3 logstash sources and 1 Kibana.
I would like to install the Monitoring tab in Kibana, and i understood correctly, i need to install X-Pack.
So my question is : is it possible to only install the X-Pack monitoring part? I don't want to have to mess with Authentication, Security, etc. It's already done by ourselves.
If yes, where do i have to install the X-Pack plugin? On ES? Kibana? Logstash? Or everywhere?
Do i need a licence for that? Is it free?
So for the newbie question but i'm kinda lost in the documentation, licensing and install procedure.
Thank you and have a great day ahead 🙂
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-monitoring-only/126195/2 "2018-03-30T07:57:23Z")
You need to ask for a basic license (free) or wait for 6.3 which will have a basic license automatically available.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-monitoring-only/126195/3 "2018-04-27T07:57:49Z")
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