# Error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-connecting-to-kibana-fail-to-get-the-kibana-version/241775
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 19, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-connecting-to-kibana-fail-to-get-the-kibana-version/241775 "2020-07-19T09:11:18Z")
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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-connecting-to-kibana-fail-to-get-the-kibana-version/241775/2 "2020-07-19T23:38:27Z")

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Please don't duplicate your topics, it makes it harder for people to assist you 🙂

> [@Error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-connecting-to-kibana-fail-to-get-the-kibana-version/241747):
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> I have elasticsearch and kibana setup in my kubernetes cluster using ECK. I'm also trying to get filebeat setup. Im having trouble with getting filebeat to connect to kibana. in the filebeat logs i can see the following error. Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to [http://data-kibana-kb-http:5601/api/status](http://data-kibana-kb-http:5601/api/status) fails: fail to execute the HTTP GET request: Get [http://data-kibana-kb-http:5601/api/status:](http://data-kibana-kb-http:5601/api/status:) x509: certificate signed by unknown authority.…

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