--- - name: Activate ES trial license (with security authentication) uri: method: POST url: "{{ es_api_uri }}/_{{ 'xpack/' if es_version is version_compare('7.0.0', '<') else '' }}license/start_trial?acknowledge=true" user: "{{es_api_basic_auth_username | default(omit)}}" password: "{{es_api_basic_auth_password | default(omit)}}" return_content: yes force_basic_auth: yes status_code: - 200 - 403 validate_certs: "{{ es_validate_certs }}" register: trial_license_activated when: es_xpack_trial - name: Trial license debug: msg={{ trial_license_activated }}