# How to generate a server certificate for Kibana?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-a-server-certificate-for-kibana/167847
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 11, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-a-server-certificate-for-kibana/167847 "2019-02-11T12:28:57Z")
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#### Post date: [February 16, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-a-server-certificate-for-kibana/167847/5 "2019-02-16T07:41:56Z")

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No. I tried using the same certificate and key as that of elasticsearch but it failed since kibana app can't parse them. I tried other ways and made it work.

> [@What does "A secure connection is required for log in" mean?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-a-secure-connection-is-required-for-log-in-mean/168355/5):
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> It is really not a simple task. It cost me around 6 hours to figure it out. Some facts are missing in the online documents of Elasticsearch. I am using CentOS 7, elasticsearch and kibana 6.5. (1) generate server certificate for kibana Use elasticsearch-certutil in the installation directory of elasticsearch, since kibana installation directory has no such utility details see: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/certutil.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/certutil.html) But you need to create a yml file for …

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