# Error in sharing kibana 5 dashboard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-sharing-kibana-5-dashboard/85326>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 11, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-sharing-kibana-5-dashboard/85326 "2017-05-11T04:30:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Padmavathy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@Padmavathy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Padmavathy)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-sharing-kibana-5-dashboard/85326/1 "2017-05-11T04:30:02Z")

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I am unable to share my kibana 5 dashboard.i generated the short url but that was applicable only for [snapshot.So](http://snapshot.So) I copied the whole url and I get the error message localhost refuses to connect

Can someone help me on this?

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**Author:** ![Padmavathy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@Padmavathy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Padmavathy)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-sharing-kibana-5-dashboard/85326/2 "2017-05-11T05:00:43Z")

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I tried embedding my ip address instead of localhost

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-sharing-kibana-5-dashboard/85326/3 "2017-05-11T15:30:37Z")

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Are you trying to share a link with someone outside of your local network?

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**Author:** ![Padmavathy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@Padmavathy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Padmavathy)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-sharing-kibana-5-dashboard/85326/4 "2017-05-11T16:27:36Z")

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No I am sharing only to local network still the page doesn't show up.I tried sharing with kibana4 it worked out but with kibana5 I face this issue

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**Author:** ![Padmavathy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@Padmavathy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Padmavathy)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 2:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-sharing-kibana-5-dashboard/85326/5 "2017-05-21T02:39:41Z")

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i changed server.host in kibana.yml and it worked

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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:** [June 18, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-sharing-kibana-5-dashboard/85326/6 "2017-06-18T02:40:00Z")

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