# APM Server not identified by Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-not-identified-by-kibana/307948>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** java, server, ui\
**Created:** [June 23, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-not-identified-by-kibana/307948 "2022-06-23T06:48:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![anjana1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@anjana1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anjana1)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apm-server-not-identified-by-kibana/307948/6 "2022-06-27T04:32:16Z")

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Hi is this issue link below relevant to ours . I also have the error

Exiting: error loading config file: config file ("/etc/apm-server/apm-server.yml") must be owned by the user identifier (uid=0) or root

> [@Exiting: error loading config file: config file ("/etc/apm-server/apm-server.yml") must be owned by the user identifier (uid=0) or root](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-error-loading-config-file-config-file-etc-apm-server-apm-server-yml-must-be-owned-by-the-user-identifier-uid-0-or-root/179824):
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> APM Server version: 7.0.0. APM Agent language and version: Node.js Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, deb, from source, etc.) and version: [https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/apm-server/apm-server-7.0.0-x86\_64.rpm](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/apm-server/apm-server-7.0.0-x86_64.rpm) Is there anything special in your setup? We use ansible playbook to install and config APM; // this would copy the apm-server.yml ot the right plalce - name: Deploy /etc/apm-server/apm-server.yml config template: src: apm-server.yml.j2 dest: /etc/apm-…

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