# Elasticsearch plugin is red (5.2.2)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-5-2-2/101950>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 27, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-5-2-2/101950 "2017-09-27T08:31:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![thilina\_et.lk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thilina_et.lk/32/18480_2.png) [@thilina\_et.lk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thilina_et.lk)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-5-2-2/101950/1 "2017-09-27T08:31:04Z")

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Hi,  
I have ElasticSearch running on a remote server. I'm using kibana to access the elasticsearch. But recently i can not access the elastic through kibana or postman but elastic queries are working fine with web application, that i have created.

Kibana CMD displays that "Elasticsearch plugin is red". I did elasticsearch restart and no luck of fixing the issue.  
What can i do to overcome this issue..?

 ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/3/83ef161422875c589e6e084a9ba783bed2bd4186.PNG)

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**Author:** ![A\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/a_b/32/17104_2.png) [@A\_B](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/A_B)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2017, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-5-2-2/101950/2 "2017-09-27T08:42:19Z")

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What does kibana logs say?

I saw something similar once when Elasticsearch and Kibana were not the same version.

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**Author:** ![thilina\_et.lk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thilina_et.lk/32/18480_2.png) [@thilina\_et.lk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thilina_et.lk)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-5-2-2/101950/3 "2017-09-28T10:35:42Z")

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log [10:32:21.938] [info][status][plugin:kibana@5.2.2] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready  
log [10:32:22.016] [info][status][plugin:elasticsearch@5.2.2] Status changed from uninitialized to yellow - Waiting for Elasticsearch  
log [10:32:22.032] [info][status][plugin:console@5.2.2] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready  
log [10:32:22.594] [info][status][plugin:timelion@5.2.2] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready  
log [10:32:22.594] [info][listening] Server running at [http://localhost:5601](http://localhost:5601)  
log [10:32:22.610] [info][status][ui settings] Status changed from uninitialized to yellow - Elasticsearch plugin is yellow  
log [10:32:25.032] [error][status][plugin:elasticsearch@5.2.2] Status changed from yellow to red - Request Timeout after 3000ms  
log [10:32:25.032] [error][status][ui settings] Status changed from yellow to red - Elasticsearch plugin is red

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**Author:** ![A\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/a_b/32/17104_2.png) [@A\_B](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/A_B)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-5-2-2/101950/4 "2017-10-04T09:51:01Z")

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And you are running Elasticsearch 5.2.2?

A timeout error could be a network problem... Is the Elasticsearch port open from the machine running Elasticsearch to the machine running Kibana?

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**Author:** ![mercymx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@mercymx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mercymx)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-5-2-2/101950/5 "2017-10-09T02:21:47Z")

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I have the same problem！  
My elasticsearch and Kibana have the same version，5.3.1.  
The Kibana is changing status between error and info for a long time, I don't know how to fix it.  
Any ideas?

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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:** [November 6, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-5-2-2/101950/6 "2017-11-06T02:21:56Z")

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