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Published Jun. 30, 2025

"Current license is non-compliant for [security]" error is shown in the log

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Daniel Mijarra

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Issue

  • We tried to restart the Liferay server but the server is not able to start properly, there is an error in the log:
ERROR [localhost-1][com_liferay_portal_search:103] [com.liferay.portal.search.internal.SearchEngineHelperImpl(2659)] The addSearchEngineConfigurator method has thrown an exception 

java.lang.IllegalStateException: java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException: RemoteTransportException[[lYEQhgf][cluster:monitor/health]]; nested: ElasticsearchSecurityException[current license is non-compliant for [security]];

Environment

  • DXP 7.x
  • Quarterly+

Resolution

  • The basic Elasticsearch license does not support the Security feature, please check if your current LES subscription is active and if the Elasticsearch license is not expired.

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