# Configure Kibana With out Enrollment Token

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-kibana-with-out-enrollment-token/342587>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 8, 2023, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-kibana-with-out-enrollment-token/342587 "2023-09-08T08:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Debasis\_Mallick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/debasis_mallick/32/123723_2.png) [@Debasis\_Mallick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Debasis_Mallick)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-kibana-with-out-enrollment-token/342587/1 "2023-09-08T08:04:20Z")

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Hi Team,

Could you please help me to configure Kibana with elastic cluster without an enrollment token? Due to some constraint, I had removed the security settings from elasticsearch.yml file due to which I am not able to generate an enrollment token for Kibana.

> [root@cb-1 bin]# ./elasticsearch-create-enrollment-token -s kibana  
> Unable to create enrollment token for scope [kibana]
> 
> ERROR: Unable to create an enrollment token. Elasticsearch node HTTP layer SSL configuration is not configured with a keystore

Please help me how we can proceed here.

Thanks,  
Debasis

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**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-kibana-with-out-enrollment-token/342587/2 "2023-09-08T12:17:59Z")

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Hi @Debasis_Mallick,

Which version of Elasticsearch are you using? I found a similar error [in this thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-an-enrollment-token/327917) with a note to a known issue and fix. Can you give that solution a try and let us know if it resolves your problem?

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-kibana-with-out-enrollment-token/342587/3 "2023-09-08T12:24:40Z")

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> [@Debasis\_Mallick](#):
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> Due to some constraint, I had removed the security settings from elasticsearch.yml file due to which I am not able to generate an enrollment token for Kibana.

If you disabled security then you do not need an enrollment token for Kibana, you basically just need to configure the elasticsearch host that kibana will connect.

What does your `kibana.yml` looks like.

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**Author:** ![Debasis\_Mallick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/debasis_mallick/32/123723_2.png) [@Debasis\_Mallick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Debasis_Mallick)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-kibana-with-out-enrollment-token/342587/4 "2023-09-08T13:30:36Z")

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@leandrojmp thanks for your response. Can you tell me the steps on how to configure elasticsearch host to connect to kibana and which yml file I need to update?.  
The kibana.yml is the default on which comes with installation. I just updated the host and port details to the file.

> server.port: 5601  
> server.host: "xx.xx.xx.xx"

Thanks,  
Debasis

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**Author:** ![Debasis\_Mallick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/debasis_mallick/32/123723_2.png) [@Debasis\_Mallick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Debasis_Mallick)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-kibana-with-out-enrollment-token/342587/5 "2023-09-11T06:22:12Z")

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@leandrojmp Please help me to configure kibana without an enrollment token.

Thanks,  
Debasis

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-kibana-with-out-enrollment-token/342587/6 "2023-09-11T11:41:31Z")

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You need to share your `kibana.yml` to show what you configured.

But as mentioned, you need to configure the elasticsearch hosts that kibana will talk.

Basically you will need to configure the `elasticsearch.hosts` option in the file as described in the [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/settings.html).

The `kibana.yml` also explains what you need to configure, you need to check the file and the documentation.

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**Author:** ![Debasis\_Mallick](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/debasis_mallick/32/123723_2.png) [@Debasis\_Mallick](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Debasis_Mallick)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-kibana-with-out-enrollment-token/342587/7 "2023-09-11T11:52:46Z")

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Thanks @leandrojmp I had configured kibana with elasticsearch with the security option enabled. Thanks for your time.

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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:** [October 9, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configure-kibana-with-out-enrollment-token/342587/8 "2023-10-09T11:53:27Z")

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