Can't turn on X-Pack Elasticsearch

Question

"version" : {
    "number" : "6.6.2",
    ...
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "5.6.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "5.0.0"
  }

Need to set password for Elasticsearch. Try:

1. Goto /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml and add xpack.security.enabled: true

2. service elasticsearch restart

3. Goto /usr/share/elasticsearch and bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive Output:

   Unexpected response code [404] 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.

Answer 1

I guess, x-pack basic feature was added in 6.8, need to confirm and if that's the case then it explains the error as you are using 6.6, will find a link and update the exact version when x-pack basic version was introduced.

Just checked and looks like it was available in 6.3 according to opening of x-pack