# Do I need to have kibana installed when I use a trial license?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-have-kibana-installed-when-i-use-a-trial-license/164139>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 14, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-have-kibana-installed-when-i-use-a-trial-license/164139 "2019-01-14T12:46:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![li\_jessen2016](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/li_jessen2016/32/38817_2.png) [@li\_jessen2016](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/li_jessen2016)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 12:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-have-kibana-installed-when-i-use-a-trial-license/164139/1 "2019-01-14T12:46:05Z")

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Do I need to install kibana and have it configured when I uses a trial license?

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-have-kibana-installed-when-i-use-a-trial-license/164139/2 "2019-01-15T09:51:40Z")

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No, you do not.

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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:** [February 12, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-have-kibana-installed-when-i-use-a-trial-license/164139/3 "2019-02-12T09:51:49Z")

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