# Can i create an new index at " kibana.index: .kibana" in kibana.yml
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-create-an-new-index-at-kibana-index-kibana-in-kibana-yml/48375
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [April 26, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-create-an-new-index-at-kibana-index-kibana-in-kibana-yml/48375 "2016-04-26T03:03:29Z")
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### Author:  [@timtian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timtian)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-create-an-new-index-at-kibana-index-kibana-in-kibana-yml/48375/1 "2016-04-26T03:03:29Z")
can i create an new index at " kibana.index: .kibana" in kibana.yml or
change the name of " kibana.index: .kibana" .
I tried to modified .kibana to . kibana2, but kibana cannot startup normally.
if it's a way to do this change, can i use this way to make user only can see charts or dashboards under his index, like .kibana, or .kibana2?
thanks,
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### Author:  [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-create-an-new-index-at-kibana-index-kibana-in-kibana-yml/48375/2 "2016-04-26T14:55:33Z")
Yes, if you change `kibana.index` Kibana will start storing your visualizations, dashboards, index patterns, etc in the new index. It does require a server restart. If you want to partition your saved data, a possible solution is to have multiple Kibana servers with each one pointing to a different index.
What error are you getting when Kibana doesn't start? And what version of Kibana?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-create-an-new-index-at-kibana-index-kibana-in-kibana-yml/48375/3 "2017-07-06T13:55:04Z")