# Install the kibana exception

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-the-kibana-exception/40458>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 29, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-the-kibana-exception/40458 "2016-01-29T09:44:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tianzongqi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tianzongqi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tianzongqi)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-the-kibana-exception/40458/1 "2016-01-29T09:44:34Z")

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when i start kibana by "./kibana", show the exception as below:

{"name":"Kibana","hostname":"meishidev-es-4.office.mos","pid":25210,"level":50,"err":{"message":"unknown error","name":"Error","stack":"Error: unknown error\n at respond (/opt/meituan/kibana-4.1.4-linux-x64/src/node\_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:237:15)\n at checkRespForFailure (/opt/meituan/kibana-4.1.4-linux-x64/src/node\_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:203:7)\n at HttpConnector. (/opt/meituan/kibana-4.1.4-linux-x64/src/node\_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/connectors/http.js:156:7)\n at IncomingMessage.bound (/opt/meituan/kibana-4.1.4-linux-x64/src/node\_modules/elasticsearch/node\_modules/lodash-node/modern/internals/baseBind.js:56:17)\n at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:117:20)\n at \_stream\_readable.js:944:16\n at process.\_tickCallback (node.js:442:13)"},"msg":"","time":"2016-01-29T09:37:11.879Z","v":0}  
{"name":"Kibana","hostname":"meishidev-es-4.office.mos","pid":25210,"level":60,"err":{"message":"unknown error","name":"Error","stack":"Error: unknown error\n at respond (/opt/meituan/kibana-4.1.4-linux-x64/src/node\_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:237:15)\n at checkRespForFailure (/opt/meituan/kibana-4.1.4-linux-x64/src/node\_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:203:7)\n at HttpConnector. (/opt/meituan/kibana-4.1.4-linux-x64/src/node\_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/connectors/http.js:156:7)\n at IncomingMessage.bound (/opt/meituan/kibana-4.1.4-linux-x64/src/node\_modules/elasticsearch/node\_modules/lodash-node/modern/internals/baseBind.js:56:17)\n at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:117:20)\n at \_stream\_readable.js:944:16\n at process.\_tickCallback (node.js:442:13)"},"msg":"","time":"2016-01-29T09:37:11.881Z","v":0}

what's the problem?

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**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-the-kibana-exception/40458/2 "2016-01-29T15:49:17Z")

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Your problem looks similar this one: [Kibana 4.1.1 not starting](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-4-1-1-not-starting/40425/2)

You might want to try the suggestions there and add your input.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-the-kibana-exception/40458/3 "2017-07-06T14:03:55Z")

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