---
title: stack es xpack info cli command
description: Get information. Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4075/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/es/xpack/info
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack es xpack info cli command
<cli-modifiers>
</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack es xpack info [options]
```

Get information.
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--categories string[]">
    A comma-separated list of the information categories to include in the response.
    For example, `build,license,features`.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--categories` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--accept-enterprise">
    If used, this otherwise ignored parameter must be set to true
  </definition>
  <definition term="--human">
    Defines whether additional human-readable information is included in the response.
    In particular, it adds descriptions and a tag line.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--error-trace">
    When set to `true` Elasticsearch will include the full stack trace of errors
    when they occur.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--filter-path string">
    Comma-separated list of filters in dot notation which reduce the response
    returned by Elasticsearch.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--filter-path` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--pretty">
    If set to `true` the returned JSON will be "pretty-formatted". Only use
    this option for debugging only.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>