# Cannot connect to the Elastichsearch cluster **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [March 4, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674 "2019-03-04T06:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DavidLevi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@DavidLevi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidLevi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/1 "2019-03-04T06:13:36Z")
Hello, One of my Kibana server gives error as below. Can anyone help me how can troubleshoot this. Thank you very much. _\*\*Cannot connect to the Elasticsearch cluster currently configured for Kibana. \*\*_ _ **Refer to the Kibana logs for more details and refresh to try again.** _ ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/2 "2019-03-04T08:28:37Z")
> [@DavidLevi](#): > > Refer to the Kibana logs for more details and refresh to try again. Hi, Have you referred to the kibana logs for more information? Can you share what is printed there? ---
**Author:** ![DavidLevi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@DavidLevi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidLevi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/3 "2019-03-04T08:41:33Z")
Hi, I don't have any experince about ELK, how can I see the logs? Thank you very much, ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/4 "2019-03-04T08:44:34Z")
The default log file location differs depending your operating system and how you installed Kibana, so please tell us what OS you have installed Kibana on ( Windows, Linux ) and which installation method you used ( installed from source archive ? rpm, deb packages ? ) ---
**Author:** ![DavidLevi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@DavidLevi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidLevi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/5 "2019-03-04T08:57:54Z")
Actually I didn't install the ELK, I know that it is installed on Centos 7.2. ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/6 "2019-03-04T09:15:40Z")
Do you have access to the server that kibana is installed ? Can you check if there is a `kibana.log` file in `/var/log/kibana` ? ---
**Author:** ![DavidLevi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@DavidLevi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidLevi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/7 "2019-03-04T10:14:48Z")
There is no /var/log/kibana in the Kibana server. When I run the "whereis" command, this result shows up. [root@ELK01 kibana]# whereis kibana kibana: /etc/kibana /usr/share/kibana ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2019, 10:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/8 "2019-03-04T10:52:40Z")
`/var/log/kibana` should be the default destination folder. Check `/etc/kibana/kibana.yml` to see if there is a `logging.dest` parameter. ---
**Author:** ![DavidLevi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@DavidLevi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidLevi)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/9 "2019-03-06T06:03:47Z")
Hi Ioannis, I see this in kibana.yml. Does this mean logs are no enabled? Should I enable it, what should I write to the "logging.dest" field? # Enables you specify a file where Kibana stores log output. #logging.dest: stdout Thank you for you support. ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/10 "2019-03-06T11:13:52Z")
No, this means that the logging file is the default. Could you run `find / -iname kibana.log` in your terminal and see if it can point out where your log files are located? ---
**Author:** ![DavidLevi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@DavidLevi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidLevi)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/11 "2019-03-07T12:50:16Z")
"find / -iname kibana.log" command couldn't find aynthing. Many thanks, ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-connect-to-the-elastichsearch-cluster/170674/12 "2019-04-04T12:50:19Z")
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