Errors ("type" : "security_exception") in running ElasticSearch

SMH
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 19:17:56 +0000
Elasticsearch

Hi,

I have some difficulties when I run the elasticsearch on Windows. I wonder if you could help me in this process to solve the error.

My Java version is: java version "1.8.0_271"

I installed elasticsearch, successfully using .msi package GUI. I used the basic License of it. I'm using the elasticsearch for education as well. the curl was also installed.
In addition, I run the elasticsearch by the .\bin\elasticsearch and I got the following message in my Command Prompt:

Elasticsearch is already running as a service and currently: Running.

I opened localhost:9200 and I saw the elasticsearch is running.

When I want to follow along with the Getting Started Guide, for the first command related to Cluster Health I receive the following message shows it doesn't work properly:

{
  "error" : {
    "root_cause" : [
      {
        "type" : "security_exception",
        "reason" : "missing authentication credentials for REST request [/_cat/health?v=true&pretty]",
        "header" : {
          "WWW-Authenticate" : "Basic realm=\"security\" charset=\"UTF-8\""
        }
      }
    ],
    "type" : "security_exception",
    "reason" : "missing authentication credentials for REST request [/_cat/health?v=true&pretty]",
    "header" : {
      "WWW-Authenticate" : "Basic realm=\"security\" charset=\"UTF-8\""
    }
  },
  "status" : 401
}

C:\>curl -X<VERB> '<PROTOCOL>://<HOST>:<PORT>/<PATH>?<QUERY_STRING>' -d ' '
The system cannot find the file specified.

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