# Error executing 'postInstallation': EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/bitnami/kibana/data'

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-executing-postinstallation-eacces-permission-denied-mkdir-bitnami-kibana-data/306798>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 9, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-executing-postinstallation-eacces-permission-denied-mkdir-bitnami-kibana-data/306798 "2022-06-09T12:47:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![mohamed\_atef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@mohamed\_atef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohamed_atef)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-executing-postinstallation-eacces-permission-denied-mkdir-bitnami-kibana-data/306798/1 "2022-06-09T12:47:41Z")

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i have issue when i try to run kibana on K8S cluster via helm chart  
Error executing 'postInstallation': EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/bitnami/kibana/data'

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**Author:** ![grumo35](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/grumo35/32/59451_2.png) [@grumo35](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/grumo35)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-executing-postinstallation-eacces-permission-denied-mkdir-bitnami-kibana-data/306798/2 "2022-06-09T12:55:49Z")

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Hi,

This error says that your permissions are wrong, did you ran some tasks as some specific user or root ?

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**Author:** ![mohamed\_atef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5ac83/32.png) [@mohamed\_atef](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mohamed_atef)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-executing-postinstallation-eacces-permission-denied-mkdir-bitnami-kibana-data/306798/3 "2022-06-09T14:03:57Z")

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it solved by add user 1000 in deployment file

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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:** [July 7, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-executing-postinstallation-eacces-permission-denied-mkdir-bitnami-kibana-data/306798/4 "2022-07-07T14:04:33Z")

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