# Config: Request failed with status code: 403
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-request-failed-with-status-code-403/151673
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [October 9, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-request-failed-with-status-code-403/151673 "2018-10-09T15:33:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@leprovokateur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leprovokateur)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-request-failed-with-status-code-403/151673/1 "2018-10-09T15:33:29Z")
Hi,
While trying to define the default index I get the following error in kibana:
Config: Request failed with status code: 403
Error: Request failed with status code: 403
at \_callee$ ([http://192.168.96.178/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:878828](http://192.168.96.178/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:878828))
at tryCatch ([http://192.168.96.178/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:43:602785](http://192.168.96.178/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:43:602785))
at Generator.invoke [as \_invoke] ([http://192.168.96.178/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:43:606667](http://192.168.96.178/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:43:606667))
at Generator.prototype.(anonymous function) [as next] ([http://192.168.96.178/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:43:603908](http://192.168.96.178/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:43:603908))
at step ([http://192.168.96.178/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:879600](http://192.168.96.178/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:879600))
at [http://192.168.96.178/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:879726](http://192.168.96.178/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:879726)
Please help.
Robert
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### Author:  [@leprovokateur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leprovokateur)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-request-failed-with-status-code-403/151673/2 "2018-10-09T15:39:30Z")
PUT /.kibana/\_settings
{
"index": {
"blocks": {
"read\_only\_allow\_delete": "false"
}
}
}
resolved the issue.
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### Author:  [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-request-failed-with-status-code-403/151673/3 "2018-10-11T10:39:25Z")
hmm, I would try a little work around this - is to remove `.kibana` index completely and restart the cluster and kibana..see if the error persists?
Thanks
Rashmi
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2018, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-request-failed-with-status-code-403/151673/4 "2018-11-08T10:39:27Z")
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