# Kibana 5.5.0 Can't get region map to work **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [July 18, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-0-cant-get-region-map-to-work/93560 "2017-07-18T11:03:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rikkemannen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a5b964/32.png) [@Rikkemannen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rikkemannen)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-0-cant-get-region-map-to-work/93560/1 "2017-07-18T11:03:51Z")
Hi, I'm trying to visualize my own geojson layer in the new region map visualization, I've tried for quite a while now but no luck. I am hosting my geojson file from my own local nginx webserver. I can reach and download the file using curl on the kibana machine. This is the geojson file: {"name":"test","type":"FeatureCollection" ,"features":[ {"type":"Feature","geometry":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[20.8979600411144,62.8089611849282],[20.5529737049032,58.9602616564856],[20.5529737049032,58.9602616564856],[13.9261395703638,58.9786035686896],[13.5238205488445,62.8525899907285],[20.8979600411144,62.8089611849282]]]},"properties":{"name":"testsquare","id":"0"}} ]} Which is basically just one square. This is the entry in my config file: regionmap: layers: - name: "test" url: "http:///geometries/test.geojson" fields: - name: "name" description: "name" I have an index with a name-attribute that matches the name "testsquare" but nothing is shown in the map. When i switch to the example "US States" map I can see those boundaries. I have also tried using "file:///usr/share/kibana/geometries/..." and "/usr/share/kibana/geometries/..." as the url value but no luck. The kibana user have permission to use the geometries folder and all files in it. What am I missing? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![BigFunger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bigfunger/32/7323_2.png) [@BigFunger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BigFunger)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-0-cant-get-region-map-to-work/93560/2 "2017-07-18T20:50:48Z")
@Rikkemannen, I just got this configured correctly. - I created a simple webserver using [superstatic](https://www.npmjs.com/package/superstatic) - Created the a file called `bigfunger.geojson` and pasted the geojson file that you provided above. - Created a `superstatic.json` file to configure superstatic to allow CORS, and to allow the `kbn-version` header that kibana sends with its request (shown below) - started up the superstatic server. **superstatic.json** ```auto { "headers": [ { "source" : "**/*.@(geojson)", "headers" : [{ "key" : "Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "value" : "*" }, { "key": "Access-Control-Allow-Headers", "value": "kbn-version" }] } ] } ``` - Configured kibana to access that server: ```auto regionmap: layers: - name: "Bigfungers Stuff" url: "http://localhost:3474/bigfunger.geojson" fields: - name: "name" description: "name" ``` - Ran the visualization, selecting my Vector map in the Options. - Profit! ---
**Author:** ![Rikkemannen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a5b964/32.png) [@Rikkemannen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rikkemannen)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-0-cant-get-region-map-to-work/93560/3 "2017-07-19T14:29:39Z")
This did not work for me... I installed superstatic and started an instance with the exact configuration you provided but still I see no shapes. I see no errors in any log files that I know of. Kind of stumped here ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BigFunger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bigfunger/32/7323_2.png) [@BigFunger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BigFunger)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-0-cant-get-region-map-to-work/93560/4 "2017-07-19T14:49:48Z")
Does the browser console show you any errors? While I was trying to get this configured I was seeing errors there. ---
**Author:** ![Rikkemannen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a5b964/32.png) [@Rikkemannen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rikkemannen)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-0-cant-get-region-map-to-work/93560/5 "2017-07-19T16:45:49Z")
Ah, there it is! `commons.bundle.js?v=15382:29 Mixed Content: The page at 'https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/kibana/app/kibana#/visualize/create?type=region_map&indexPattern=xxx&_g=h@44136fa&_a=h@61523ec' was loaded over HTTPS, but requested an insecure XMLHttpRequest endpoint 'http://localhost:3474/test.geojson'. This request has been blocked; the content must be served over HTTPS.` I switched to SSL on my nginx server and it worked like a charm. Happiness 😄 Thanks for the help 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigFunger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bigfunger/32/7323_2.png) [@BigFunger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BigFunger)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-0-cant-get-region-map-to-work/93560/6 "2017-07-19T18:40:49Z")
Glad I could help! Thanks for giving me a reason to dig into the region map. 🙂 Happy Kibana-ing! ---
**Author:** ![Alexandre\_Juma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexandre_juma/32/21704_2.png) [@Alexandre\_Juma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alexandre_Juma)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-0-cant-get-region-map-to-work/93560/7 "2017-08-02T00:16:45Z")
Hi guys, Is it possible to host the geojson directly in kibana to avoid having a cors enabled webserver just for this? How would the url look like for this? Thanks a bunch BR Alex ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-5-0-cant-get-region-map-to-work/93560/8 "2017-08-30T00:17:14Z")
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