# Beats 7.0 won't start if "setup.dashboards.enabled = true" and kibana is not reachable

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-7-0-wont-start-if-setup-dashboards-enabled-true-and-kibana-is-not-reachable/178875>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [April 29, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-7-0-wont-start-if-setup-dashboards-enabled-true-and-kibana-is-not-reachable/178875 "2019-04-29T09:08:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![stefan7018](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stefan7018/32/45215_2.png) [@stefan7018](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stefan7018)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-7-0-wont-start-if-setup-dashboards-enabled-true-and-kibana-is-not-reachable/178875/1 "2019-04-29T09:08:10Z")

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When in \*beat config the option "setup.dashboards.enabled = true" is set and the Kibana server is not reachable/or in startup phase while starting beats the beats startup will fail.

```
Apr 29 08:15:26 elastic1 auditbeat: 
2019-04-29T08:15:26.666Z#011ERROR#011instance/beat.go:802#011Exiting: 
error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET 
request to https://elastic1.localdomain:5601/api/status fails: parsing 
kibana response: invalid character 'K' looking for beginning of value. 
Response: Kibana server is not ready yet. Apr 29 08:15:26 elastic1 
auditbeat: Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana 
version: HTTP GET request to 
https://elastic1.localdomain:5601/api/status fails: parsing kibana 
response: invalid character 'K' looking for beginning of value. 
Response: Kibana server is not ready yet. Apr 29 08:15:26 elastic1 
systemd: auditbeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, 
status=1/FAILURE Apr 29 08:15:26 elastic1 systemd: Unit 
auditbeat.service entered failed state. Apr 29 08:15:26 elastic1 
systemd: auditbeat.service failed.

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Is this a bug or a feature, I think in Version 6.X there is another behaviour and the beat will start also when the kibana isn't reachable.

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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:** [May 27, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-7-0-wont-start-if-setup-dashboards-enabled-true-and-kibana-is-not-reachable/178875/2 "2019-05-27T11:13:47Z")

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