# Could not start KIBANA: "not sending \[kibana\_settings\] monitoring document because \[undefined\] is null or invalid."

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-start-kibana-not-sending-kibana-settings-monitoring-document-because-undefined-is-null-or-invalid/192183>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 25, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-start-kibana-not-sending-kibana-settings-monitoring-document-because-undefined-is-null-or-invalid/192183 "2019-07-25T07:00:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![gnh1201](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gnh1201/32/126469_2.png) [@gnh1201](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gnh1201)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-start-kibana-not-sending-kibana-settings-monitoring-document-because-undefined-is-null-or-invalid/192183/1 "2019-07-25T07:00:17Z")

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Could not start KIBANA: "not sending [kibana\_settings] monitoring document because [undefined] is null or invalid."

environment: elasticsearch: 7.2, kibana 7.2, centos 7

full log file: [kibana.log · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/gnh1201/71626b28409e758cbb794f8646489f46)

summary log:

> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-07-25T06:49:43Z","tags":["debug","stats-collection"],"pid":26909,"message":"Fetching data from kibana\_stats collector"}  
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-07-25T06:49:43Z","tags":["debug","stats-collection"],"pid":26909,"message":"Fetching data from kibana\_settings collector"}  
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-07-25T06:49:43Z","tags":["debug","stats-collection"],"pid":26909,"message":"not sending [kibana\_settings] monitoring document because [undefined] is null or invalid."}  
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-07-25T06:49:43Z","tags":["debug","monitoring","kibana-monitoring"],"pid":26909,"message":"Uploading bulk stats payload to the local cluster"}  
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-07-25T06:49:43Z","tags":["debug","monitoring","kibana-monitoring"],"pid":26909,"message":"Uploaded bulk stats payload to the local cluster"}  
> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2019-07-25T06:49:45Z","tags":["plugin","debug"],"pid":26909,"message":"Checking Elasticsearch version"}

How to fix it?

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**Author:** ![nickpeihl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nickpeihl/32/112622_2.png) [@nickpeihl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nickpeihl)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-start-kibana-not-sending-kibana-settings-monitoring-document-because-undefined-is-null-or-invalid/192183/2 "2019-07-29T19:58:13Z")

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Can you share your monitoring settings in kibana.yml?

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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 26, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-start-kibana-not-sending-kibana-settings-monitoring-document-because-undefined-is-null-or-invalid/192183/3 "2019-08-26T19:58:13Z")

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