# About filebeat config error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-filebeat-config-error/294119>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [January 12, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-filebeat-config-error/294119 "2022-01-12T08:03:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-filebeat-config-error/294119/1 "2022-01-12T08:03:08Z")

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filebeat config setup.kibana.then setup i get console error

```auto
sudo filebeat setup
Index setup finished.
Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable)
Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to https://192.168.30.243:5601/s/view_only/api/status fails: fail to execute the HTTP GET request: Get "https://192.168.30.243:5601/s/view_only/api/status": x509: certificate signed by unknown authority. Response: .

```

the filebeat.yml setup.kibana config

```auto
setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  host: "https://192.168.30.243:5601"
  username: "elastic"
  password: "Hd@elk2021"
  protocol: "https"
  ssl.enabled: true
  ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/tuonong/kibana-7.15.2-linux-x86_64/config/elasticsearch-ca.pem"]
  ssl.certificate: "/tuonong/kibana-7.15.2-linux-x86_64/config/kibana-server.crt"
  ssl.key: "/tuonong/kibana-7.15.2-linux-x86_64/config/kibana-server.key"

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-filebeat-config-error/294119/2 "2022-02-09T08:04:06Z")

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