# Filebeat without Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-without-kibana/151621>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [October 9, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-without-kibana/151621 "2018-10-09T11:47:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![McElroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mcelroy/32/24639_2.png) [@McElroy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/McElroy)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-without-kibana/151621/1 "2018-10-09T11:47:07Z")

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How can I run filebeat without a kibana config?

When I delete the kibana parameter from the config, I get

```
2018-10-09T13:45:44.644+0200	ERROR	instance/beat.go:743	Exiting: Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to create the Kibana loader: Error creating Kibana client: Error creating Kibana client: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to /api/status fails: fail to execute the HTTP GET request: Get http://localhost:5601/api/status: dial tcp [::1]:5601: connect: connection refused. Response: .
Exiting: Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to create the Kibana loader: Error creating Kibana client: Error creating Kibana client: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to /api/status fails: fail to execute the HTTP GET request: Get http://localhost:5601/api/status: dial tcp [::1]:5601: connect: connection refused. Response: .
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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-without-kibana/151621/2 "2018-10-09T21:26:11Z")

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You can disable kibana dashboard input by disabling [setup.dashboards.enabled](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-dashboards.html#_literal_setup_dashboards_enabled_literal).

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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:** [November 6, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-without-kibana/151621/3 "2018-11-06T21:37:02Z")

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