# Elasticsearch and Kibana Zero SSL Certificate Issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [January 26, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-and-kibana-zero-ssl-certificate-issue/324004 "2023-01-26T09:10:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ali.sharjeel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ali.sharjeel/32/118043_2.png) [@ali.sharjeel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ali.sharjeel)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-and-kibana-zero-ssl-certificate-issue/324004/1 "2023-01-26T09:10:59Z")
Hi Team! I am trying to install ZeroSSL certificate on Elasticsearch and Kibana node with the domain (www.secure-unified.tk). I have obtained the certificate from the ZeroSSL and got three files (private.key, certificate.crt, ca\_bundle.crt). **I have installed Elasticsearch and my elasticsearch.yml is given below** ```auto cluster.name: cyfen node.name: cyfen-1 path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch network.host: 0.0.0.0 http.port: 9200 xpack.security.enabled: true xpack.security.enrollment.enabled: true xpack.security.http.ssl: enabled: true #keystore.path: certs/http.p12 verification_mode: certificate key: /etc/elasticsearch/certs/secure-unified.tk/private.key certificate: /etc/elasticsearch/certs/secure-unified.tk/certificate.crt certificate_authorities: /etc/elasticsearch/certs/secure-unified.tk/ca_bundle.crt xpack.security.transport.ssl: enabled: true verification_mode: certificate #keystore.path: certs/transport.p12 #truststore.path: certs/transport.p12 key: /etc/elasticsearch/certs/secure-unified.tk/private.key certificate: /etc/elasticsearch/certs/secure-unified.tk/certificate.crt certificate_authorities: /etc/elasticsearch/certs/secure-unified.tk/ca_bundle.crt cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["cyfen-1"] ``` **Kibana configuration is give below:** ```auto server.port: 5601 server.host: "0.0.0.0" server.ssl.enabled: true server.ssl.certificate: /etc/kibana/certs/secure-unified.tk/certificate.crt server.ssl.key: /etc/kibana/certs/secure-unified.tk/private.key server.ssl.certificateAuthorities: /etc/kibana/certs/secure-unified.tk/ca_bundle.crt elasticsearch.ssl.certificate: /etc/kibana/certs/secure-unified.tk/certificate.crt elasticsearch.ssl.key: /etc/kibana/certs/secure-unified.tk/private.key elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: ["/etc/kibana/certs/secure-unified.tk/ca_bundle.crt"] elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: full logging: appenders: file: type: file fileName: /var/log/kibana/kibana.log layout: type: json root: appenders: - default - file pid.file: /run/kibana/kibana.pid xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey: 5999be05a95a396f8782572a5cd46c50 xpack.reporting.encryptionKey: 6abf107bb4e2788b7910e7908d485ef4 xpack.security.encryptionKey: 3f78d4020e749db3b7f2bcd7fea0afeb xpack.security.session.idleTimeout: "1h" ``` **Elasticsearch runs fine but Kibana doesn't start up it shows the following error:** ```auto Jan 26 08:52:02 elastic-security systemd[1]: Started Kibana. Jan 26 08:52:04 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:52:04.528+00:00][INFO][node] Kibana process configured with roles: [background_tasks, ui] Jan 26 08:52:14 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:52:14.495+00:00][INFO][plugins-service] Plugin "cloudChat" is disabled. Jan 26 08:52:14 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:52:14.495+00:00][INFO][plugins-service] Plugin "cloudExperiments" is disabled. Jan 26 08:52:14 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:52:14.495+00:00][INFO][plugins-service] Plugin "cloudFullStory" is disabled. Jan 26 08:52:14 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:52:14.495+00:00][INFO][plugins-service] Plugin "cloudGainsight" is disabled. Jan 26 08:52:14 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:52:14.502+00:00][INFO][plugins-service] Plugin "profiling" is disabled. Jan 26 08:52:14 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:52:14.586+00:00][INFO][http.server.Preboot] http server running at https://0.0.0.0:5601 Jan 26 08:52:14 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:52:14.647+00:00][INFO][plugins-system.preboot] Setting up [1] plugins: [interactiveSetup] Jan 26 08:52:14 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:52:14.650+00:00][INFO][preboot] "interactiveSetup" plugin is holding setup: Validating Elasticsearch connection configuration… Jan 26 08:52:14 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:52:14.679+00:00][INFO][root] Holding setup until preboot stage is completed. Jan 26 08:52:14 elastic-security kibana[14282]: i Kibana has not been configured. Jan 26 08:52:14 elastic-security kibana[14282]: Go to https://0.0.0.0:5601/?code=106654 to get started. Jan 26 08:54:21 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:54:21.661+00:00][ERROR][plugins.interactiveSetup.elasticsearch] Failed to authenticate with host "https://www.secure-unified.tk:9200": unable to verify the first certificate Jan 26 08:54:42 elastic-security kibana[14282]: [2023-01-26T08:54:42.113+00:00][ERROR][plugins.interactiveSetup.elasticsearch] Failed to authenticate with host "https://www.secure-unified.tk:9200": unable to verify the first certificate ``` Can you please guide what I am doing wrong or if i am missing any step? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/c/0c40c255220eb13aee9e94a10b00f4447f6e578c.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-and-kibana-zero-ssl-certificate-issue/324004/2 "2023-02-23T09:11:17Z")
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