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Get basic status API

This API enables you to check the status of your basic license.

GET _xpack/license/basic_status

In order to initiate a basic license, you must not currently have a basic license.

For more information about the different types of licenses, see https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions.

You must have monitor cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.

The following example checks whether you are eligible to start a basic:

GET _xpack/license/basic_status

Example response:

{
  "eligible_to_start_basic": true
}