# Changing the default route

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-default-route/190340>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 13, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-default-route/190340 "2019-07-13T10:09:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jagadeesh\_ctm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e495f1/32.png) [@Jagadeesh\_ctm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jagadeesh_ctm)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-default-route/190340/1 "2019-07-13T10:09:24Z")

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when i am trying to change this setting in kibana.yml it is not working

server.defaultRoute: /app/kibana  
to  
server.defaultRoute: /abc/xyz

The browser returns a 404 error

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-default-route/190340/2 "2019-07-18T11:39:07Z")

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that setting will change the landing page that is displayed when you open the Kibana webpage, so it has to be something existing, like "/app/dashboard".

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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:** [August 15, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/changing-the-default-route/190340/3 "2019-08-15T11:39:08Z")

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