# FATAL CLI ERROR YAMLException: can not read a block mapping entry; a multiline key may not be an implicit key at line 32, column 1:

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-cli-error-yamlexception-can-not-read-a-block-mapping-entry-a-multiline-key-may-not-be-an-implicit-key-at-line-32-column-1/276796>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** kibana-plugin-development\
**Created:** [June 23, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-cli-error-yamlexception-can-not-read-a-block-mapping-entry-a-multiline-key-may-not-be-an-implicit-key-at-line-32-column-1/276796 "2021-06-23T13:30:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![bera5186](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bera5186/32/90699_2.png) [@bera5186](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bera5186)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-cli-error-yamlexception-can-not-read-a-block-mapping-entry-a-multiline-key-may-not-be-an-implicit-key-at-line-32-column-1/276796/1 "2021-06-23T13:30:31Z")

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I am getting this error while running kibana and inspecting kibana logs with

```auto
 journalctl -u kibana 

```

I am starting kibana with

```auto
sudo systemctl start kibana

```

Kibana version 7.10

> <https://gist.github.com/bera5186/add74211a489df8fa843eac32b8c1a6a>

link to my kibana.yml

```auto
    /var/log  journalctl -u kibana  ✔ 
-- Journal begins at Mon 2021-06-07 14:49:48 IST, ends at Wed 2021-06-23 18:42:55 IST. --
Jun 08 09:39:28 friday systemd[1]: Started Kibana - dashboard for Elasticsearch.
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: FATAL CLI ERROR YAMLException: can not read a block mapping entry; a multiline key may not be an implicit key at line 32, column 1:
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: # Kibana uses an index in Elasti ...
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: ^
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: at generateError (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:167:10)
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: at throwError (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:173:9)
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: at readBlockMapping (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1073:9)
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: at composeNode (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1359:12)
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: at readDocument (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1525:3)
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: at loadDocuments (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1588:5)
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: at load (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1614:19)
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: at Object.safeLoad (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1637:10)
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: at readYaml (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/@kbn/config/target/raw/read_config.js:27:38)
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday node[871]: at Object.exports.getConfigFromFiles (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/@kbn/config/target/raw/read_config.js:52:22)
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday systemd[1]: kibana.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday systemd[1]: kibana.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 08 09:40:52 friday systemd[1]: kibana.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.

```

This is the complete error

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-cli-error-yamlexception-can-not-read-a-block-mapping-entry-a-multiline-key-may-not-be-an-implicit-key-at-line-32-column-1/276796/2 "2021-07-21T13:31:00Z")

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