Api keys are not enabled – How to solve this Elasticsearch error

Opster Team

July-20, Version: 1.7-8.0

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Briefly, this error occurs when attempting to use the Elasticsearch API keys feature, which provides a way to securely authenticate and authorize API requests. If API keys are not enabled, then Elasticsearch cannot verify the identity or permissions of the requester. To resolve the issue, you can try enabling API keys in the Elasticsearch configuration or settings, and creating and using API keys to authenticate and authorize requests.

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” api keys are not enabled ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: plugin.


Log Context

Log “api keys are not enabled”classname  is ApiKeyService.java We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

if (licenseState.isSecurityEnabled() == false ||
 licenseState.checkFeature(XPackLicenseState.Feature.SECURITY_API_KEY_SERVICE) == false) {
 throw LicenseUtils.newComplianceException("api keys");
 }
 if (enabled == false) {
 throw new FeatureNotEnabledException(Feature.API_KEY_SERVICE; "api keys are not enabled");
 }
 } 
 // package private class for testing
 static final class ApiKeyCredentials implements Closeable {

 

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