# How to generate server certificate for Kibana?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-server-certificate-for-kibana/122166
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [March 1, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-server-certificate-for-kibana/122166 "2018-03-01T23:18:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@zachy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zachy)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-server-certificate-for-kibana/122166/1 "2018-03-01T23:18:31Z")
Hi
I am reading through the docs here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.2/monitoring-xpack-kibana.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.2/monitoring-xpack-kibana.html)
Under point 4, it says to generate a server certificate for Kibana.
How do I do this? Is it the exact same steps for generating a node certificate for Elasticsearch?
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### Author:  [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-server-certificate-for-kibana/122166/2 "2018-03-04T20:36:37Z")
It means generate a TLS/SSL certificate in the general sense. Using the certificate generator bundled with elasticsearch is an option but it won't be signed by a default trusted certificate authority. If you want this accessible from the web and to not display a trust error you'll want to get it signed by an authority (letsencrypt is commonly used, and provides free certificates). If you're on a closed network with the CA added to all the machines then creating your own is fine.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-generate-server-certificate-for-kibana/122166/3 "2018-04-01T20:37:13Z")
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