# X-pack monitoring in OpenDistro for Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/x-pack-monitoring-in-opendistro-for-elasticsearch/3537>\
**Category:** Open Source Elasticsearch and Kibana\
**Created:** [August 18, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/x-pack-monitoring-in-opendistro-for-elasticsearch/3537 "2020-08-18T05:37:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![jyl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@jyl](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/jyl)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/x-pack-monitoring-in-opendistro-for-elasticsearch/3537/1 "2020-08-18T05:37:56Z")

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Hello?

Can I use monitoring of x-pack features on OpenDistro for Elasticsearch & Kibana?  
I want to monitor full-stack using kibana dashboard just like [Monitoring settings in Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch Guide [8.4] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/monitoring-settings.html)

And I tried to install x-pack plugin using “bin/elasticsearch-plugin install x-pack” command it failed. The error message is “Error X-Pack is not available with oss distribution; to use X-Pack  
features use the default distrbution”

If install x-pack monitoring features is not available in opendistfo for elasticsearch  
there is any solutions for full stack (beats, logstash, kibana, es clusters) monitoring?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![stmx38](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/stmx38/32/4354_2.png) [@stmx38](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/stmx38)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/x-pack-monitoring-in-opendistro-for-elasticsearch/3537/2 "2020-08-18T18:33:37Z")

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Is this X-Pack feature is free? You can find some information here - [Subscriptions | Elastic Stack Products & Support | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions). If it is free and if not, how much it cost.

Error message says that you are trying to install a X-Pack functionality which is compatible with the non-OSS version of Elasticsearch only.

In case you want to install it with Open Distro you can find some information in the following topic - [Incompatibility with xpack plugins](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/incompatibility-with-xpack-plugins/675)

Also, some information for the reading - [Enable xpack features on Open Distro For Elasticsearch](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56014382/enable-xpack-features-on-open-distro-for-elasticsearch)

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**Author:** ![jyl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@jyl](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/jyl)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/x-pack-monitoring-in-opendistro-for-elasticsearch/3537/3 "2020-08-19T04:10:48Z")

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Thanks for your reply 🙂