# Impossible to connect to kibana web interface

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/impossible-to-connect-to-kibana-web-interface/144658>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/impossible-to-connect-to-kibana-web-interface/144658 "2018-08-16T08:26:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![lyes\_touati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@lyes\_touati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lyes_touati)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/impossible-to-connect-to-kibana-web-interface/144658/1 "2018-08-16T08:26:30Z")

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I have just installed Kibana and I got this error when I tried to use the web interface

"Login is currently disabled. Administrators should consult the Kibana logs for more details."

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/1/31901ade467d9e7d97d5dafb4a029b0a253a1ab0.png)

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**Author:** ![a5a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@a5a](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/a5a)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/impossible-to-connect-to-kibana-web-interface/144658/2 "2018-08-16T15:58:28Z")

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Have you checked the Kibana logs? This error usually means you haven't set up a username and password that Kibana can use to connect to Elasticsearch, in the Kibana yml (config file).

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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:** [September 13, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/impossible-to-connect-to-kibana-web-interface/144658/3 "2018-09-13T15:58:29Z")

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