# ECK Filebeat Association backend for kibana is not configured **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)\ **Tags:** docker\ **Created:** [December 17, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eck-filebeat-association-backend-for-kibana-is-not-configured/292249 "2021-12-17T02:44:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![haipeng.zhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/haipeng.zhao/32/84582_2.png) [@haipeng.zhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/haipeng.zhao)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eck-filebeat-association-backend-for-kibana-is-not-configured/292249/1 "2021-12-17T02:44:15Z")
When I start my filebeat, an error occurs Association backend for kibana is not configured Association backend for Elasticsearch is not configured kibana yaml file ```auto apiVersion: kibana.k8s.elastic.co/v1 kind: Kibana metadata: annotations: association.k8s.elastic.co/es-conf: '{"authSecretName":"kibana-two-kibana-user","authSecretKey":"default-kibana-two-kibana-user","caCertProvided":true,"caSecretName":"kibana-two-kb-es-ca","url":"https://demo-es-http.default.svc:9200","version":"7.16.1"}' common.k8s.elastic.co/controller-version: 1.9.0 kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration: | {"apiVersion":"kibana.k8s.elastic.co/v1","kind":"Kibana","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"kibana-two","namespace":"default"},"spec":{"config":{"i18n.locale":"zh-CN","monitoring.ui.container.elasticsearch.enabled":true,"server.publicBaseUrl":"https://172.16.66.94:30651","xpack.fleet.agents.elasticsearch.host":"https://demo-es-http.default.svc:9200","xpack.fleet.agents.fleet_server.hosts":["https://fleet-server-agent-http.default.svc:8220"],"xpack.reporting.roles.enabled":"false","xpack.security.session.idleTimeout":0,"xpack.security.session.lifespan":0},"count":1,"elasticsearchRef":{"name":"demo"},"http":{"service":{"spec":{"ports":[{"name":"http","nodePort":30651,"port":5601,"protocol":"TCP","targetPort":5601}],"type":"NodePort"}}},"podTemplate":{"spec":{"containers":[{"env":[{"name":"NODE_OPTIONS","value":"--max-old-space-size=2048"}],"name":"kibana","resources":{"limits":{"cpu":1,"memory":"1Gi"},"requests":{"cpu":0.5,"memory":"0.2Gi"}}}]}},"version":"7.16.1"}} creationTimestamp: "2021-12-16T07:09:47Z" generation: 5 name: kibana-two namespace: default resourceVersion: "44796722" selfLink: /apis/kibana.k8s.elastic.co/v1/namespaces/default/kibanas/kibana-two uid: 155cdffa-9359-4355-9816-3d16caf2236f spec: config: i18n.locale: zh-CN monitoring.ui.container.elasticsearch.enabled: true server.publicBaseUrl: https://172.16.66.94:30651 xpack.fleet.agents.elasticsearch.host: https://demo-es-http.default.svc:9200 xpack.fleet.agents.fleet_server.hosts: - https://fleet-server-agent-http.default.svc:8220 xpack.reporting.roles.enabled: "false" xpack.security.session.idleTimeout: 0 xpack.security.session.lifespan: 0 count: 1 elasticsearchRef: name: demo enterpriseSearchRef: name: "" http: service: metadata: {} spec: ports: - name: http nodePort: 30651 port: 5601 protocol: TCP targetPort: 5601 type: NodePort tls: certificate: {} monitoring: logs: {} metrics: {} podTemplate: metadata: creationTimestamp: null spec: containers: - env: - name: NODE_OPTIONS value: --max-old-space-size=2048 name: kibana resources: limits: cpu: 1 memory: 1Gi requests: cpu: 0.5 memory: 0.2Gi version: 7.16.1 status: associationStatus: Established availableNodes: 1 count: 1 elasticsearchAssociationStatus: Established health: green selector: common.k8s.elastic.co/type=kibana,kibana.k8s.elastic.co/name=kibana-two version: 7.16.1 ``` filebeat yaml file ```auto kind: Beat metadata: annotations: association.k8s.elastic.co/es-conf: '{"authSecretName":"filebeat-beat-user","authSecretKey":"default-filebeat-beat-user","caCertProvided":true,"caSecretName":"filebeat-beat-es-ca","url":"https://demo-es-http.default.svc:9200","version":"7.16.1"}' common.k8s.elastic.co/controller-version: 1.9.0 creationTimestamp: "2021-12-17T02:24:27Z" generation: 2 name: filebeat namespace: default resourceVersion: "45022890" selfLink: /apis/beat.k8s.elastic.co/v1beta1/namespaces/default/beats/filebeat uid: b88dab9d-14a1-4ccc-b403-5cd2ef3071dd spec: config: filebeat: autodiscover: providers: - hints: default_config: paths: - /var/log/containers/*${data.kubernetes.container.id}.log type: container enabled: true node: ${NODE_NAME} type: kubernetes logging.json: true processors: - add_cloud_metadata: {} - add_host_metadata: {} daemonSet: podTemplate: metadata: creationTimestamp: null spec: automountServiceAccountToken: true containers: - env: - name: NODE_NAME valueFrom: fieldRef: fieldPath: spec.nodeName name: filebeat resources: {} volumeMounts: - mountPath: /var/log/containers name: varlogcontainers - mountPath: /var/log/pods name: varlogpods - mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers name: varlibdockercontainers dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet hostNetwork: true securityContext: runAsUser: 0 serviceAccountName: filebeat terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30 volumes: - hostPath: path: /var/log/containers name: varlogcontainers - hostPath: path: /var/log/pods name: varlogpods - hostPath: path: /var/lib/docker/containers name: varlibdockercontainers updateStrategy: {} elasticsearchRef: name: demo kibanaRef: name: kibana-two type: filebeat version: 7.16.1 status: elasticsearchAssociationStatus: Established kibanaAssociationStatus: Pending ``` ```auto kubectl get event --field-selector involvedObject.name=filebeat LAST SEEN TYPE REASON OBJECT MESSAGE 34m Warning AssociationError beat/filebeat Association backend for kibana is not configured 7m13s Warning AssociationError beat/filebeat Association backend for elasticsearch is not configured 7m13s Normal AssociationStatusChange beat/filebeat Association status changed from [] to [Pending] 7m13s Warning AssociationError beat/filebeat Association backend for kibana is not configured 7m13s Normal AssociationStatusChange beat/filebeat Association status changed from [] to [Established] ``` ---
**Author:** ![haipeng.zhao](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/haipeng.zhao/32/84582_2.png) [@haipeng.zhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/haipeng.zhao)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eck-filebeat-association-backend-for-kibana-is-not-configured/292249/2 "2021-12-17T02:51:34Z")
Found the answer, the name of the kibana service is defined as http, but in fact it should be https. This is the log I saw from elastic-operator-0. thx ```auto {"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2021-12-17T02:46:16.934Z","log.logger":"manager.eck-operator.controller.beat-kibana-association-controller","message":"Reconciler error","service.version":"1.9.0+ab86a2b7","service.type":"eck","ecs.version":"1.4.0","name":"filebeat","namespace":"default","error":"no port named [https] in service [default/kibana-two-kb-http]","errorCauses":[{"error":"no port named [https] in service [default/kibana-two-kb-http]"}],"error.stack_trace":"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem\n\t/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.9.6/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:253\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2\n\t/go/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.9.6/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:214"} ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/eck-filebeat-association-backend-for-kibana-is-not-configured/292249/3 "2022-01-14T02:52:34Z")
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