# Issues with Kibana installation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-kibana-installation/354460>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 29, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-kibana-installation/354460 "2024-02-29T15:33:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@DOkuwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DOkuwa)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-kibana-installation/354460/1 "2024-02-29T15:33:52Z")

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PLEASE CAN YOU ALL HELP I AM SEEINFG THIS ERROR IN THE KIBANA.LOG

```
   service":{"node":{"roles":["background_tasks","ui"]}},"ecs":{"version":"8.6.1" },"@timestamp":"2024-02-29T16:25:33.899+01:00","message":"Failure during install ation of common resources shared between all indices. Timeout: it took more than 1200000ms","error":{"message":"Failure during installation of common resources shared between all indices. Timeout: it took more than 1200000ms","type":"Error" ,"stack_trace":"Error: Failure during installation of common resources shared be tween all indices. Timeout: it took more than 1200000ms\n at installWithTimeo ut (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/@kbn/alerting-plugin/server/alerts_service/li b/install_with_timeout.js:59:13)\n at ResourceInstaller.installCommonResource s (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/@kbn/rule-registry-plugin/server/rule_data_plu gin_service/resource_installer.js:42:5)"},"log":{"level":"ERROR","logger":"plugi ns.ruleRegistry"},"process":{"pid":144914,"uptime":1223.070632747},"trace":{"id" :"681a0fe3b7c071709139003b4e3174b6"},"transaction":{"id":"219200a5e6fb5950"}}

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**Author:** ![wsouza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wsouza/32/92547_2.png) [@wsouza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wsouza)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-kibana-installation/354460/2 "2024-02-29T18:17:09Z")

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From what I understand from the log, I believe you took a long time to generate the elasticsearch token for Kibana to connect. After installing elasticsearch, access credentials are created and then you need to install Kibana and generate a connection token. I recommend taking a look at the installation documentation [Installing the Elastic Stack | Elastic Installation and Upgrade Guide [8.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/current/installing-elastic-stack.html).

Another possibility is to upload the stack to a container [GitHub - deviantony/docker-elk: The Elastic stack (ELK) powered by Docker and Compose.](https://github.com/deviantony/docker-elk).

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**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@DOkuwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DOkuwa)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-kibana-installation/354460/3 "2024-03-01T12:15:29Z")

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Hello  
Thanks for your reply  
I am thinking of reinstalling the whole elasticsearch and kibanA AT THE SAME TIME

i do get a message when using the rpm -e

# rpm --erase elasticsearch-8.12.2-x86\_64.rpm

error: package elasticsearch-8.12.2-x86\_64.rpm is not installed  
and the same for kibana  
But we know it is installed and when try to reinstall i am getting this message

rpm --reinstall elasticsearch-8.12.2-x86\_64.rpm  
Job for systemd-sysctl.service failed because the control process exited with error code.  
See "systemctl status systemd-sysctl.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.  
Couldn't write '1' to 'kernel/nmi\_watchdog': Unknown error 524  
warning: %transfiletriggerin(systemd-239-45.el8\_4.2.x86\_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1  
[/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/elasticsearch.conf:1] Line references path below legacy directory /var/run/, updating /var/run/elasticsearch → /run/elasticsearch; please update the tmpfiles.d/ drop-in file accordingly.  
[root@xxxxxxxxxx tmp]# timed out waiting for input: auto-logout

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**Author:** ![wsouza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wsouza/32/92547_2.png) [@wsouza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wsouza)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-kibana-installation/354460/4 "2024-03-01T14:36:53Z")

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I understand that you are using a Linux distro based on Red Hat. Is the selinux feature disabled? Try to remove the package via dnf or yum commands and then clear the cache of packages already installed on the system with the `yum clean packages` command.

I always prefer to install packages directly from the repository: [Install Elasticsearch with RPM | Elasticsearch Guide [8.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.12/rpm.html#rpm-repo)

As I already suggested, another even faster alternative is to upload the elastic stack using a container.

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**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@DOkuwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DOkuwa)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-kibana-installation/354460/5 "2024-03-01T15:10:52Z")

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I have deleted both packages and want to reinstall again  
I am following both sites  
[Install Elasticsearch with RPM | Elasticsearch Guide [8.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.12/rpm.html#rpm-repo)  
[Install Kibana with RPM | Kibana Guide [8.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/8.12/rpm.html#rpm-repo)  
and creating the token immediately

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**Author:** ![DOkuwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@DOkuwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DOkuwa)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-kibana-installation/354460/6 "2024-03-04T14:28:50Z")

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I have deleted all the kibana and elasticsearch on the same box but when i do a find  
/]# find . -name elasticsearch -print  
./usr/share/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@elastic/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/enterprise-search-plugin/public/applications/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/fleet-plugin/server/services/epm/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/common/http\_api/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/public/application/pages/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/public/components/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/public/components/metricbeat\_migration/instruction\_steps/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/server/lib/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/server/lib/metrics/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/server/routes/api/v1/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/security-plugin/server/elasticsearch  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/synthetics-plugin/public/apps/synthetics/state/elasticsearch  
./var/lib/elasticsearch  
./etc/elasticsearch  
and also with kibana

find . -name kibana -print  
./usr/share/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/canvas-plugin/public/services/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/cases-plugin/public/common/lib/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/custom-integrations-plugin/public/services/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/enterprise-search-plugin/public/applications/shared/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/fleet-plugin/server/services/epm/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/health-gateway-server/src/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/ml-plugin/public/application/contexts/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/ml-plugin/server/models/data\_recognizer/modules/apache\_ecs/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/ml-plugin/server/models/data\_recognizer/modules/auditbeat\_process\_docker\_ecs/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/ml-plugin/server/models/data\_recognizer/modules/nginx\_ecs/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/common/http\_api/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/public/application/pages/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/public/components/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/public/components/metricbeat\_migration/instruction\_steps/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/server/lib/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/server/lib/metrics/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/monitoring-plugin/server/routes/api/v1/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/osquery-plugin/public/common/lib/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/security-plugin/public/management/roles/edit\_role/privileges/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/security-solution-plugin/public/common/lib/kibana  
./usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/@kbn/triggers-actions-ui-plugin/public/common/lib/kibana  
./var/lib/kibana  
./etc/kibana  
Please advise

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**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-kibana-installation/354460/7 "2024-04-01T14:29:36Z")

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