# Default X-Pack on FreeBSD 11.1 breaks Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-x-pack-on-freebsd-11-1-breaks-kibana/110117>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 4, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-x-pack-on-freebsd-11-1-breaks-kibana/110117 "2017-12-04T10:56:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![nrauhauser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nrauhauser/32/24989_2.png) [@nrauhauser](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nrauhauser)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-x-pack-on-freebsd-11-1-breaks-kibana/110117/1 "2017-12-04T10:56:03Z")

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Here is a simple exercise leading to a reproducible bug.

Install FreeBSD 11.1

pkg install elasticsearch5  
pkg install kibana5

Place startup files in /etc/rc.conf.d/

Test Kibana, it'll work fine.

service kibana stop  
service elasticsearch stop  
pkg install kibana5-x-pack

service elasticsearch start  
service kibana start

Check Kibana, this is what it says with Chrome

> This page isn’t working
> 
> 192.168.56.254 redirected you too many times.  
> Try clearing your cookies.  
> ERR\_TOO\_MANY\_REDIRECTS

These are the packages installed.

elasticsearch5-5.3.0\_1  
kibana5-5.3.0\_1  
kibana5-x-pack-5.3.0

Log is full of this:

> {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2017-12-04T02:52:02Z","tags":["license","warning","xpack"],"pid":690,"message":"License information could not be obtained from Elasticsearch. [illegal\_argument\_exception] No endpoint or operation is available at [\_xpack] :: {"path":"/\_xpack","statusCode":400,"response":"{\"error\":{\"root\_cause\":[{\"type\":\"illegal\_argument\_exception\",\"reason\":\"No endpoint or operation is available at [\_xpack]\"}],\"type\":\"illegal\_argument\_exception\",\"reason\":\"No endpoint or operation is available at [\_xpack]\"},\"status\":400}"}"}

I am new to Elastic, I have the Gormley & Tong book, perhaps this is a simple thing to fix, but I am not sure what to do. It really seems like this should either work, or produce a sensible error.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-x-pack-on-freebsd-11-1-breaks-kibana/110117/2 "2017-12-04T11:07:56Z")

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According to the [support matrix](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix), FreeBSD is not a supported operating system. I am therefore not sure who creates and maintains the packages you have installed. When installing X-Paxk, it does need to be installed on Elasticsearch as well as Kibana, so it is possible that you have missed a package.

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**Author:** ![nrauhauser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nrauhauser/32/24989_2.png) [@nrauhauser](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nrauhauser)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-x-pack-on-freebsd-11-1-breaks-kibana/110117/3 "2017-12-04T11:17:42Z")

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OK, thank you - that is what was missing. Proper installation is as follows:

pkg install elasticsearch5  
pkg install kibana5  
pkg install elasticsearch5-x-pack  
pkg install kibana5-x-pack

This replaces the unprotected Kibana default with a login screen, rather than the error.

I am trying the ELK stack on FreeBSD, because I have grown profoundly weary of the circus environment that is systemd, and the other seemingly gratuitous, poorly documented changes to Ubuntu. I ran FreeBSD exclusively from 2000 - 2011, and six years later everything is precisely where I left it. It makes me sad that it's not supported, the operating discipline is so much higher than any of the Linux distros.

Assuming I utterly despise systemd, what would be the best Linux version to use in order to have support?

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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:** [January 1, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-x-pack-on-freebsd-11-1-breaks-kibana/110117/4 "2018-01-01T11:18:25Z")

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Closed on January 1, 2018, 11:18am UTC

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