# Is the default startup command for Kibana 'kibana serve'?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-default-startup-command-for-kibana-kibana-serve/349118
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** docker
**Created:** [December 12, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-default-startup-command-for-kibana-kibana-serve/349118 "2023-12-12T08:12:57Z")
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### Author: ![im.jinxinwang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/im.jinxinwang/32/124867_2.png) [@im.jinxinwang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/im.jinxinwang)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-default-startup-command-for-kibana-kibana-serve/349118/1 "2023-12-12T08:12:57Z")

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The Kibana container image /usr/local/bin/kibana-docker startup file, exec /usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana doesn't have [command=serve] following it. Is it because 'serve' is the default?

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### Author: ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-default-startup-command-for-kibana-kibana-serve/349118/2 "2023-12-27T22:46:34Z")

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It is configured with all the regular defaults, i don't really understand the question, really.

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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: [January 24, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-the-default-startup-command-for-kibana-kibana-serve/349118/3 "2024-01-24T22:46:56Z")

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