# Any changes to be done in Kibana, when changing the ES data path?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-changes-to-be-done-in-kibana-when-changing-the-es-data-path/73035>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 27, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-changes-to-be-done-in-kibana-when-changing-the-es-data-path/73035 "2017-01-27T16:08:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kulasangar\_Gowrisang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ce73a5/32.png) [@Kulasangar\_Gowrisang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kulasangar_Gowrisang)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-changes-to-be-done-in-kibana-when-changing-the-es-data-path/73035/1 "2017-01-27T16:08:40Z")

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I'm having a number of indices which are actually causing some space issues at the moment in my **Ubuntu** machine. The indices keep growing on a daily basis.

**What I did** : Followed this [SO](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35143926/how-to-move-elasticsearch-data-directory) and moved my **data** directory of `Elasticsearch` somehow to the directory _(/data/es\_data)_ I needed.

So what I need to know is, is there any configuration changes I should be doing in `Kibana` , after changing the **data** path in ES yml.

Any help could be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![JKhondhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-changes-to-be-done-in-kibana-when-changing-the-es-data-path/73035/2 "2017-01-27T16:27:27Z")

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> [@Is there any changes to be done in Kibana, when changing the ES data path?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-changes-to-be-done-in-kibana-when-changing-the-es-data-path/73034/2):
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> Hi @Kulasangar_Gowrisang, since Kibana only ever talks to the Elasticsearch HTTP API no changes should be necessary in your case. The actual location of the data is a node-specific configuration and invisible to Kibana.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-changes-to-be-done-in-kibana-when-changing-the-es-data-path/73035/3 "2017-01-28T21:07:44Z")

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Please don't post the same thing in multiple places.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/any-changes-to-be-done-in-kibana-when-changing-the-es-data-path/73035/4 "2017-01-28T21:07:47Z")

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