# Filebeat setup x509: certificate signed by unknown authority
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/307068
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** beats-module, filebeat
**Created:** [June 13, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/307068 "2022-06-13T19:44:41Z")
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### Author:  [@Badr\_Atouhlaten](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badr_Atouhlaten)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/307068/1 "2022-06-13T19:44:41Z")
can some help i get the error below when i try to run "sudo filebeat setup"
Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable)
Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to [https://127.0.0.1:443/api/status](https://127.0.0.1:443/api/status) fails: fail to execute the HTTP GET request: Get "[https://127.0.0.1:443/api/status](https://127.0.0.1:443/api/status)": x509: certificate signed by unknown authority. Response: .
"filebeat.yml"
```
setup.kibana:
host: "127.0.0.1:443"
username: "my_kibana_user"
password: "{pwd}"
```
the link work good in the browser
"[https://127.0.0.1:443/api/status](https://127.0.0.1:443/api/status)"
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### Author:  [@Andrea\_Spacca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrea_Spacca)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/307068/2 "2022-06-14T02:54:46Z")
hello @Badr_Atouhlaten , welcome to the Elastic community!
how did you set up the certificate on Kibana?
what's the output of `openssl s_client -showcerts -connect 127.0.0.1:443`?
what version of Kibana and Filebeat are you running?
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### Author:  [@Badr\_Atouhlaten](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badr_Atouhlaten)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/307068/3 "2022-06-14T05:16:04Z")
Thank you i managed to solve it with `ssl.verification_mode: none`
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### Author:  [@Andrea\_Spacca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrea_Spacca)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/307068/4 "2022-06-16T03:45:33Z")
@Badr_Atouhlaten
glad it is working now, but disabling the ssl verification is not the best practice in term of security
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2022, 5:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-x509-certificate-signed-by-unknown-authority/307068/5 "2022-07-14T05:46:31Z")
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