# Failed to connect to console's backend

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-consoles-backend/75945>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 21, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-consoles-backend/75945 "2017-02-21T19:23:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![franc\_right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@franc\_right](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/franc_right)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-consoles-backend/75945/1 "2017-02-21T19:23:03Z")

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i am getting this error

> > failed to connect to console's backend,  
> > please check the server is up and running.  
> > any assistance is appreciated

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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:** [February 22, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-consoles-backend/75945/2 "2017-02-22T01:00:56Z")

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Where are you getting that? What relation does it have to filebeat?

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**Author:** ![franc\_right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@franc\_right](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/franc_right)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-consoles-backend/75945/3 "2017-02-22T15:59:06Z")

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![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/c/c18b2ce36be3a5341d2f62688bfb245c4a2cbe16.png)

this is the message i get when i am trying to start filtering

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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:** [February 22, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-consoles-backend/75945/4 "2017-02-22T21:23:21Z")

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And you're sure Kibana is running?

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**Author:** ![franc\_right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@franc\_right](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/franc_right)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-consoles-backend/75945/5 "2017-02-23T14:43:57Z")

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yes, filebeat is running and

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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:** [February 23, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-consoles-backend/75945/6 "2017-02-23T21:50:18Z")

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> [@franc\_right](#):
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> yes, filebeat is running and

> [@warkolm](#):
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> you're sure **Kibana** is running?

Not filebeat.

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**Author:** ![franc\_right](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@franc\_right](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/franc_right)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-consoles-backend/75945/7 "2017-02-23T22:02:51Z")

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i can show you a screenshot to what i am referring too

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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:** [March 23, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-to-consoles-backend/75945/8 "2017-03-23T22:02:54Z")

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