# Start a basic license

**POST /_license/start_basic**

Start an indefinite basic license, which gives access to all the basic features.

NOTE: In order to start a basic license, you must not currently have a basic license.

If the basic license does not support all of the features that are available with your current license, however, you are notified in the response.
You must then re-submit the API request with the `acknowledge` parameter set to `true`.

To check the status of your basic license, use the get basic license API.

## Required authorization

* Cluster privileges: `manage`



## Servers
- http://api.example.com: http://api.example.com ()


## Authentication methods
- Api key auth
- Basic auth
- Bearer auth


## Parameters


### Query parameters
- **acknowledge** (boolean)
  To start a basic license, you must accept the acknowledge messages and set this parameter to `true`.
- **master_timeout** (string)
  Period to wait for a connection to the master node.
- **timeout** (string)
  Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.


## Responses
### 200


#### Body: application/json (object)
- **acknowledged** (boolean)

- **basic_was_started** (boolean)

- **error_message** (string)

- **type** (string)

- **acknowledge** (object)



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