As an alternative, there's an open-source OpenDistro for ElasticSearch [1] that offers X-Pack-like security with some other X-Pack-like features. Although it is

As an alternative, there's an open-source OpenDistro for ElasticSearch [1] that offers X-Pack-like security with some other X-Pack-like features. Although it is not officially supported by elastic.co, but it's a pretty good alternative and is supported by Netflix, Amazon, et all. Worth giving a try. [1] https://opendistro.github.io/for-elasticsearch/ https://opendistro.github.io/for-elasticsearch/