# How to run kibana in IIS

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-kibana-in-iis/116604>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 23, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-kibana-in-iis/116604 "2018-01-23T07:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![peterch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@peterch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peterch)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-kibana-in-iis/116604/1 "2018-01-23T07:04:15Z")

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Dear all,

I would like to run kibana in IIS, may I know how to do that? The physical path should point to which folder?

Thanks

Best Regards,  
Peter Chow

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**Author:** ![timroes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/timroes/32/19712_2.png) [@timroes](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/timroes)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-kibana-in-iis/116604/2 "2018-01-23T09:16:32Z")

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Hi Peter,

Kibana is not just static content, that you can host in any webserver. It requires a node server to run. Meaning you cannot just "host" it via IIS. The only thing you could do is creating a [reverse proxy](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/friis/2016/08/25/setup-iis-with-url-rewrite-as-a-reverse-proxy-for-real-world-apps/) in IIS, that will point to the running Kibana instance.

Cheers,  
Tim

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**Author:** ![peterch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@peterch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/peterch)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-kibana-in-iis/116604/3 "2018-01-24T03:09:48Z")

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Hi Tim,

Thanks for your reply. I tried to setup reverse proxy in IIS but fail. It show HTTP Error 400.605 - Bad Request. The following is my configuration. Please correct me if have anything wrong. Thanks

Kibana server IP: 192.168.1.10  
Port: 5601

IIS Configuration:  
Site name: ELK  
Physical path: C:\ELK\kibana

Site Binding:  
Type: HTTP  
IP address: 192.168.1.10  
Port: 5601  
Host name: N/A

URL rewrite - Reverse Proxy:  
Server name: 192.168.1.10:5601

Best Regards,  
Peter

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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:** [February 21, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-kibana-in-iis/116604/4 "2018-02-21T03:09:52Z")

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