# Open Distro Security not initialized for cluster:monitor/state

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/open-distro-security-not-initialized-for-cluster-monitor-state/977>\
**Category:** Security\
**Created:** [June 26, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/open-distro-security-not-initialized-for-cluster-monitor-state/977 "2019-06-26T20:22:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![chenww](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba9def/32.png) [@chenww](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/chenww)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/open-distro-security-not-initialized-for-cluster-monitor-state/977/1 "2019-06-26T20:22:13Z")

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I got this error with the latest elasticsearch and kibana after I run the following command. Any help is appreciated:

> plugins/opendistro\_security/tools/securityadmin.sh -f plugins/opendistro\_security/securityconfig/config.yml -icl -nhnv -cert config/kirk.pem -cacert config/root-ca.pem -key config/kirk-key.pem -t config

Error

> {“error”:{“root\_cause”:[{“type”:“security\_exception”,“reason”:“Open Distro Security not initialized for cluster:monitor/state”}],“type”:“security\_exception”,“reason”:“Open Distro Security not initialized for cluster:monitor/state”},“status”:503}

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**Author:** ![Anthony](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/anthony/32/9939_2.png) [@Anthony](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/Anthony)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/open-distro-security-not-initialized-for-cluster-monitor-state/977/2 "2021-04-15T13:29:18Z")

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@chenww Did you get this resolved? If not what version of odfe are you running?