# Error while installing Kibana search guard plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-kibana-search-guard-plugin/242123>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 22, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-kibana-search-guard-plugin/242123 "2020-07-22T01:57:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Matish\_Bhuyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matish_bhuyan/32/68043_2.png) [@Matish\_Bhuyan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matish_Bhuyan)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-kibana-search-guard-plugin/242123/1 "2020-07-22T01:57:12Z")

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Hi All,

i am getting this below error while installing the search guard plugin for kibana.

i am using kibana version 7.2.0.

I have installed the search guard plugin for elastic search but getting issues while configuring the kibana.

if i am trying as a non root user also i can't install as many files are owned by root so data can't be written to kibana.

```
> searchguard_installation]# ./searchguard_kibana_install.sh
> [2020-07-22 03:32:11+02:00] [DEBUG] installUser=root
> [2020-07-22 03:32:11+02:00] [DEBUG] SG_KIBANA_INSTALL_PARAMETER_SSL_ENABLE is set to true
> [2020-07-22 03:32:11+02:00] [DEBUG] SG_KIBANA_INSTALL_PARAMETER_ELASTICSEARCH_SSL_REST is set to true
> [2020-07-22 03:32:11+02:00] [INFO] ####################################################################################################
> [2020-07-22 03:32:11+02:00] [INFO] Installing Search Guard for Kibana (search-guard-kibana-plugin) v7.2.0-35.2.0
> [2020-07-22 03:32:11+02:00] [DEBUG] Plugin path=file:///opt/searchguard_installation/packages/search-guard-kibana-plugin-7.2.0-35.2.0.zip
> Kibana should not be run as root. Use --allow-root to continue.
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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 22, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-kibana-search-guard-plugin/242123/2 "2020-07-22T01:59:51Z")

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Why not just use the [free Security functionality](https://www.elastic.co/blog/security-for-elasticsearch-is-now-free) we provide in 7.3 and above?

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**Author:** ![Matish\_Bhuyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matish_bhuyan/32/68043_2.png) [@Matish\_Bhuyan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Matish_Bhuyan)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-kibana-search-guard-plugin/242123/3 "2020-07-22T02:02:52Z")

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i can't upgrade to 7.3 that's one constraint

second in the post says it support 7.1 ,then it should support 7.2

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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 22, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-kibana-search-guard-plugin/242123/4 "2020-07-22T02:22:29Z")

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Ok. We don't provide support for this plugin sorry.

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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:** [August 19, 2020, 2:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-installing-kibana-search-guard-plugin/242123/5 "2020-08-19T02:22:32Z")

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