# "Elasticsearch is still initializing the kibana index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-still-initializing-the-kibana-index/120870>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 21, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-still-initializing-the-kibana-index/120870 "2018-02-21T15:15:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![niheeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@niheeth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/niheeth)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-still-initializing-the-kibana-index/120870/1 "2018-02-21T15:15:59Z")

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After supply credentials in kibana dashboard getting "internal server error". seeing bellow errors in logs.how to fix this.

plugin:elasticsearch","state":"red","message":"Status changed from red to red - Elasticsearch is still initializing the kibana index.","prevState":"red","prevMsg":"Request Timeout after 30000ms"}  
:"plugin:elasticsearch","state":"red","message":"Status changed from red to red - Request Timeout after 30000ms","prevState":"red","prevMsg":"Elasticsearch is still initializing the kibana index."}  
:"plugin:elasticsearch","state":"red","message":"Status changed from red to red - Elasticsearch is still initializing the kibana index.","prevState":"red","prevMsg":"Request Timeout after 30000ms"}  
:"plugin:elasticsearch","state":"red","message":"Status changed from red to red - Request Timeout after 30000ms","prevState":"red","prevMsg":"Elasticsearch is still initializing the kibana index."}  
:"plugin:elasticsearch","state":"red","message":"Status changed from red to red - Elasticsearch is still initializing the kibana index.","prevState":"red","prevMsg":"Request Timeout after 30000ms"}  
:"plugin:elasticsearch","state":"red","message":"Status changed from red to red - Request Timeout after 30000ms","prevState":"red","prevMsg":"Elasticsearch is still initializing the kibana index."}  
"plugin:elasticsearch","state":"green","message":"Status changed from red to green - Kibana index ready","prevState":"red","prevMsg":"Request Timeout after 30000ms"}  
:"plugin:elasticsearch","state":"red","message":"Status changed from green to red - Request Timeout after 30000ms","prevState":"green","prevMsg":"Kibana index ready"}  
"plugin:elasticsearch","state":"green","message":"Status changed from red to green - Kibana index ready","prevState":"red","prevMsg":"Request Timeout after 30000ms"}  
:"plugin:elasticsearch","state":"red","message":"Status changed from green to red - Request Timeout after 30000ms","prevState":"green","prevMsg":"Kibana index ready"}  
"plugin:elasticsearch","state":"green","message":"Status changed from red to green - Kibana index ready","prevState":"red","prevMsg":"Request Timeout after 30000ms"}  
:"plugin:elasticsearch","state":"red","message":"Status changed from green to red - Service Unavailable","prevState":"green","prevMsg":"Kibana index ready"}

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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 21, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-is-still-initializing-the-kibana-index/120870/2 "2018-03-21T15:16:01Z")

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