# X-Pack Security Not Working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-not-working/110408>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 5, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-not-working/110408 "2017-12-05T18:59:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![TimV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timv/32/13162_2.png) [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-not-working/110408/21 "2017-12-11T04:10:49Z")

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X-Pack Security provides the security component for the Elastic Stack.  
Neither Kibana nor Elasticsearch provide security controls unless X-Pack is installed with an active license.

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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:** [January 8, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-security-not-working/110408/22 "2018-01-08T04:11:41Z")

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