# Elasticsearch create multiple .kibana indices

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-create-multiple-kibana-indices/119950>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 15, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-create-multiple-kibana-indices/119950 "2018-02-15T09:23:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Siddaram\_Jamagav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Siddaram\_Jamagav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Siddaram_Jamagav)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-create-multiple-kibana-indices/119950/1 "2018-02-15T09:23:40Z")

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**`Is it possible to create multiple .kibana indices in elastic search?`**

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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:** [February 15, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-create-multiple-kibana-indices/119950/2 "2018-02-15T09:45:00Z")

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Each Kibana instance can only use one Kibana index, specified through the [kibana.index](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.2/settings.html#settings) setting in the `kibana.yml` file. If you however have multiple Kibana instances, these can use different indices.

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**Author:** ![Siddaram\_Jamagav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Siddaram\_Jamagav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Siddaram_Jamagav)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-create-multiple-kibana-indices/119950/3 "2018-02-15T10:08:02Z")

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`Thank you . I have a requirement to show the respective visualisation to each user. The .kibana index will store the created visualisations. How to show each user their respective visualisation?`

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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:** [February 15, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-create-multiple-kibana-indices/119950/4 "2018-02-15T16:31:21Z")

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Any reason you are using the code formatting icon `</>` when you post your questions and not only on code parts?

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**Author:** ![Siddaram\_Jamagav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Siddaram\_Jamagav](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Siddaram_Jamagav)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-create-multiple-kibana-indices/119950/5 "2018-02-16T05:02:43Z")

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I am a newbie to this field , i was not knowing about his. I will follow the standards

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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:** [March 16, 2018, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-create-multiple-kibana-indices/119950/6 "2018-03-16T05:02:44Z")

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