# Elasticsearch plugin is red Request Timeout

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-request-timeout/111663>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 13, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-request-timeout/111663 "2017-12-13T23:49:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![sabper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sabper](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sabper)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-request-timeout/111663/1 "2017-12-13T23:49:18Z")

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I running kibana at aws ec2 instance.

ES Cluster Info  
I have ES cluster three node (data, master).

ES cluster behind AWS ELB.

Kibana Info  
We Kibana's url support ssl using nignx and certbot.

config/kibana.yaml

```auto
elasticsearch.url: "https://{ES cluster (three node) AWS ELB URL}"

```

connect success kinbana to es cluster AWS ELB URL

```auto
curl https://{AWS ELB URL}

```

Occured error when kinbana running

Kibana Log

```auto
  log [23:34:09.069] [info][status][plugin:kibana@6.0.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
  log [23:34:09.114] [info][status][plugin:elasticsearch@6.0.0] Status changed from uninitialized to yellow - Waiting for Elasticsearch
  log [23:34:09.146] [info][status][plugin:console@6.0.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
  log [23:34:09.159] [info][status][plugin:metrics@6.0.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
  log [23:34:09.322] [info][status][plugin:timelion@6.0.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
  log [23:34:09.327] [info][listening] Server running at http://ec2-13-124-60-12.ap-northeast-2.compute.amazonaws.com:5601
  log [23:34:09.329] [info][status][ui settings] Status changed from uninitialized to yellow - Elasticsearch plugin is yellow
  log [23:34:12.134] [error][status][plugin:elasticsearch@6.0.0] Status changed from yellow to red - Request Timeout after 3000ms
  log [23:34:12.134] [error][status][ui settings] Status changed from yellow to red - Elasticsearch plugin is red

```

but

config/kibana.yaml

```auto
elasticsearch.url: "http://{ES cluster first node ip}"

```

Kibana running Success

Please help

thank you.

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**Author:** ![spalger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spalger/32/14092_2.png) [@spalger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spalger)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-request-timeout/111663/2 "2017-12-14T20:17:58Z")

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Are you able to access your elasticsearch instance via `curl` on the Kibana VM?

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**Author:** ![sabper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@sabper](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sabper)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-request-timeout/111663/3 "2017-12-15T00:13:35Z")

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yes.

kibana instance connet success with elb url and es node private ip.

```auto
curl https://{AWS ELB URL}
curl {ES Node private ip}:{port}

```

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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:** [January 12, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red-request-timeout/111663/4 "2018-01-12T00:13:56Z")

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