From c1f73f5e367332f8e183acae37ee57017e020f7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Antoine Cotten Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2023 22:26:37 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Disambiguate license switch from trial to basic Ref. #628 #895 --- README.md | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5ce13d9..267737d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -339,11 +339,15 @@ containers: [Configuring Logstash for Docker][ls-docker]. ### How to disable paid features -Switch the value of Elasticsearch's `xpack.license.self_generated.type` setting from `trial` to `basic` (see [License -settings][license-settings]). +You can cancel an ongoing trial before its expiry date — and thus revert to a basic license — either from the [License +Management][license-mngmt] panel of Kibana, or using Elasticsearch's `start_basic` [Licensing API][license-apis]. Please +note that the second option is the only way to recover access to Kibana if the license isn't either switched to `basic` +or upgraded before the trial's expiry date. -You can also cancel an ongoing trial before its expiry date — and thus revert to a basic license — either from the -[License Management][license-mngmt] panel of Kibana, or using Elasticsearch's [Licensing APIs][license-apis]. +Changing the license type by switching the value of Elasticsearch's `xpack.license.self_generated.type` setting from +`trial` to `basic` (see [License settings][license-settings]) will only work **if done prior to the initial setup.** +After a trial has been started, the loss of features from `trial` to `basic` _must_ be acknowledged using one of the two +methods described in the first paragraph. ### How to scale out the Elasticsearch cluster