Elasticsearch: ES 6.3: X-Pack Licence is "Expired" on New Install

Created on 28 Jun 2018 · 6Comments · Source: elastic/elasticsearch

Elasticsearch version: 6.3

JVM version (java -version): 1.8.0_171

OS version (uname -a if on a Unix-like system): Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.4.0-128-generic x86_64)

Description of the problem including expected versus actual behavior:

Following the steps provided at Install Elasticsearch with Debian Package I downloaded and installed the DEB files for both Elasticsearch 6.3 and Kibana. I continued following the steps and at some point (I'm no longer able to find them) the steps recommended using bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive to setup passwords across packages. On running this script I got the following error

Unexpected response code [403] from calling GET http://127.0.0.1:9200/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty
It doesn't look like the X-Pack security feature is available on this Elasticsearch node.
Please check if you have installed a license that allows access to X-Pack Security feature.

ERROR: X-Pack Security is not available.`

Following the trail I sent out a GET to `_xpack/security/_authenticate

GET "http://127.0.0.1:9200/_xpack/security/_authenticate?pretty"
{
  "error" : {
    "root_cause" : [
      {
        "type" : "security_exception",
        "reason" : "current license is non-compliant for [security]",
        "license.expired.feature" : "security"
      }
    ],
    "type" : "security_exception",
    "reason" : "current license is non-compliant for [security]",
    "license.expired.feature" : "security"
  },
  "status" : 403
}

And querying the X-Pack licence API get me this:

``GET "http://localhost:9200/_xpack/license"{ "license" : { "status" : "active", "uid" : "a5100a6a-cce1-4d51-b197-97fc2304e50a", "type" : "basic", "issue_date" : "2018-06-20T22:13:12.053Z", "issue_date_in_millis" : 1529532792053, "max_nodes" : 1000, "issued_to" : "elasticsearch", "issuer" : "elasticsearch", "start_date_in_millis" : -1 } } ```` It looks like X-Pack thinks the licence is expired for some reason. Like the.deb` version might be shipping with expired licenses. There's a thread going on the Elasticsearch forums with other useres experiancing this issue.

Source

JonathanHourany

All 6 comments

A basic license is not entitled to security features. To try out security you need to use a trial license or obtain a subscription.

jasontedor on 28 Jun 2018

👎7 😕1

Is it not in 6.3? It defaults to true
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/6.3/installing-xpack.html

JonathanHourany on 28 Jun 2018

👍1

Security is in 6.3. It’s not available with a basic license. You can see the license levels and what a basic license provides. Yes it is enabled by default, but the functionality is simply not available with a basic license.

jasontedor on 28 Jun 2018

😕5

so much greedy