# Error: Kibana only support modifying the ".kibana" index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-only-support-modifying-the-kibana-index/39399>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 17, 2016, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-only-support-modifying-the-kibana-index/39399 "2016-01-17T10:19:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![phber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@phber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/phber)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-only-support-modifying-the-kibana-index/39399/1 "2016-01-17T10:19:21Z")

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Hi,

I have setup a One Click ELK-server in digitalocean. It seems to be running fine but when trying to create a new elasticsearch index using curl:

> $ curl -XPUT [http://xx.xx.xx:80/elasticsearch/newindex](http://xx.xx.xx:80/elasticsearch/newindex)

I get the following error:

> Kibana only support modifying the ".kibana" index. Requests that might  
> modify other indicies are not sent to elasticsearch.

​My kibana config file contains:

> kibana\_index: ".kibana"  
> index.mapper.dynamic: true (I tried adding this row without solving the  
> problem)​

My Elasticsearch.yml is the default one as far as I know (everything is commented).

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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:** [January 18, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-only-support-modifying-the-kibana-index/39399/2 "2016-01-18T17:12:28Z")

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The `index.mapper.dynamic: true` is actually for elasticsearch and should go into the `elasticsearch.yml` file. And the `http://xx.xx.xx:80/elasticsearch/` endpoint is specifically for Kibana, I don't recommend using it for generic traffic. For that I suggest communicating with elasticsearch directly at `http://xx.xx.xx:9200/`

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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 6, 2017, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-only-support-modifying-the-kibana-index/39399/3 "2017-07-06T14:04:45Z")

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