# Default index (.kibana) not created

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-index-kibana-not-created/135836>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 14, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-index-kibana-not-created/135836 "2018-06-14T06:49:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-index-kibana-not-created/135836/54 "2018-06-14T12:00:28Z")

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Sounds like you change the LOG Level. Could you revert that and start again from scratch?

If you still can't make it work, here is what I'm suggesting:

Download elasticsearch from the website  
Download kibana from the website  
Unzip both.  
Do not modify anything and launch:

```auto
bin/elasticsearch

```

```auto
bin/kibana

```

And report how this goes.

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