# Fleet server host setting going back to default

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-host-setting-going-back-to-default/377880>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Created:** [May 7, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-host-setting-going-back-to-default/377880 "2025-05-07T01:06:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![beginthread](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/beginthread/32/134817_2.png) [@beginthread](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/beginthread)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-host-setting-going-back-to-default/377880/1 "2025-05-07T01:06:16Z")

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Hi team!

In the fleet setting, I add an HTTPS Fleet server hosts and set it as the Default one.

After a couple of minutes, it goes back to the http default one that was there.

The only workaround is to change it directly in the kibana.yml

It seems to be a bug, but I need to confirm.

It happens every time.

Thanks!

http://\*\*\*\*\*:5601/app/fleet/settings

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/a/aa868f5456bb6934ec08fc79a33df336f874ed9b.png)

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-host-setting-going-back-to-default/377880/2 "2025-05-07T02:16:46Z")

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Hi @beginthread

How did you install the fleet server?

Is it running on HTTP?

I am unclear how you expect it to run on HTTP and HTTPS at the same time?

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**Author:** ![beginthread](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/beginthread/32/134817_2.png) [@beginthread](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/beginthread)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-host-setting-going-back-to-default/377880/3 "2025-05-07T23:49:01Z")

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Hi! Thanks for your time.

I install Fleet on a fresh Ubuntu machine. I used the steps shown in Elastic to do it.

I want it to run on HTTPS. So my first move was to use the UI to add an HTTPS entry and make it as default.

I had to add one, because we cannot modify the default one (with the lock in the screenshot).

Then I discovered the bug that it moved from my default one (Fleet HTTPS) to the original one (Default).

It is only later, by searching for a solution, that someone pointed me to the kibana.yml to fix it.

Si with a kibana change, it worked well, but with the UI, I have the bug.

I hope it was more clear now, sorry for my english.

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fleet-server-host-setting-going-back-to-default/377880/4 "2025-05-08T01:03:30Z")

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> [@beginthread](#):
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> I install Fleet on a fresh Ubuntu machine. I used the steps shown in Elastic to do it.

What steps?

Did you follow all the documentation to to install self managed fleet with ssl?

> **[Configure SSL/TLS for self-managed Fleet Servers | Elastic Docs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/fleet/secure-connections)**
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> If you’re running a self-managed cluster, configure Transport Layer Security (TLS) to encrypt traffic between Elastic Agents, Fleet Server, and other...

Or did you just follow a quick start without SSL?