# After enabling xpack.security.enabled: true in elasticsearch kibana url is saying kibana server is not ready **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [September 22, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-enabling-xpack-security-enabled-true-in-elasticsearch-kibana-url-is-saying-kibana-server-is-not-ready/249474 "2020-09-22T08:12:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![praveencdcx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@praveencdcx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/praveencdcx)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-enabling-xpack-security-enabled-true-in-elasticsearch-kibana-url-is-saying-kibana-server-is-not-ready/249474/1 "2020-09-22T08:12:20Z")
Hello, I am using basic version of Elastic and kibana 7.9. after configuration am not able to see Users and roles tab under stack-management. so tried enabling xpack in elasticsearch.yml file.after enabling and starting elasticsearch service. Kibana url is not loading getting "Kiabana server is not ready. ---
**Author:** ![chandu5565](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@chandu5565](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chandu5565)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-enabling-xpack-security-enabled-true-in-elasticsearch-kibana-url-is-saying-kibana-server-is-not-ready/249474/2 "2020-09-22T08:52:45Z")
It might be due to communication encryption between elasticsearch and kibana. You can see the logs of kibana for detailed error. By enabling http & ssl encryption on elasticsearch this can be resolved. ---
**Author:** ![praveencdcx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@praveencdcx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/praveencdcx)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-enabling-xpack-security-enabled-true-in-elasticsearch-kibana-url-is-saying-kibana-server-is-not-ready/249474/3 "2020-09-22T09:42:06Z")
Hi, I dont see any kibana.log is created under /var/log/.. in kibana.yml file i see logging.dest: stdout as log destination..where i can find logs if it mention like this. Also, can you please let me know what parameter i have to update in elasticsearch.yml for http enablement. If i update logging.dest:/var/log/kibana.log kibana service is not restarting. ---
**Author:** ![kavierkoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kavierkoo/32/86555_2.png) [@kavierkoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kavierkoo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-enabling-xpack-security-enabled-true-in-elasticsearch-kibana-url-is-saying-kibana-server-is-not-ready/249474/4 "2020-09-22T10:15:44Z")
You can see the logs by running `journalctl -xe` ---
**Author:** ![praveencdcx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@praveencdcx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/praveencdcx)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-enabling-xpack-security-enabled-true-in-elasticsearch-kibana-url-is-saying-kibana-server-is-not-ready/249474/5 "2020-09-22T11:50:21Z")
I have enabled xpack.security.enabled: true and xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled: true in elasticsearch.yaml and restarted service. now kibana is showing "Kibana server is not ready yet",but kibana service is running. Logs from elasticsearch.log [2020-09-22T13:43:38,254][INFO][o.e.x.s.a.AuthenticationService] [el9512] Authentication of [elastic] was terminated by realm [reserved] - failed to authenticate user [elastic] [2020-09-22T13:43:40,776][INFO][o.e.x.s.a.AuthenticationService] [el9512] Authentication of [elastic] was terminated by realm [reserved] - failed to authenticate user [elastic] But kibana service is running. ● kibana.service - Kibana Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/kibana.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-09-22 13:41:12 CEST; 14min ago Main PID: 87611 (node) CGroup: /system.slice/kibana.service └─87611 /usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node /usr/share/kibana/bin/../src/cli ---
**Author:** ![chandu5565](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@chandu5565](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chandu5565)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-enabling-xpack-security-enabled-true-in-elasticsearch-kibana-url-is-saying-kibana-server-is-not-ready/249474/6 "2020-09-23T06:05:09Z")
Did you run the below command to set-up users and passwords. /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive if not run the above command and set the passwords. later add the username and password to kibana.yml ---
**Author:** ![praveencdcx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e36b37/32.png) [@praveencdcx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/praveencdcx)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-enabling-xpack-security-enabled-true-in-elasticsearch-kibana-url-is-saying-kibana-server-is-not-ready/249474/7 "2020-09-23T07:55:12Z")
Perfect !! It worked as expected.. Thanks a lot !! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/after-enabling-xpack-security-enabled-true-in-elasticsearch-kibana-url-is-saying-kibana-server-is-not-ready/249474/8 "2020-10-21T07:55:18Z")
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