# Kibana 6.4 getting Request failed with status code: 403

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 29, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538 "2018-08-29T13:44:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/1 "2018-08-29T13:44:43Z")

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Hi,

I have removed kibana 5.5 from my redhat 6.9 server and installed 6.4.

But on every request I got the below error :

Config: Request failed with status code: 403

Error: Request failed with status code: 403

$@[http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:878524](http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:878524) tryCatch@[http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:29:602781](http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:29:602781) invoke@[http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:29:606666](http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:29:606666) defineIteratorMethods/\</prototype[method]@[http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:29:603902](http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:29:603902) step@[http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:879288](http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:879288) step/\<@[http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:879422](http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:3:879422) run@[http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:29:571210](http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:29:571210) notify/\<@[http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:29:571450](http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:29:571450) flush@[http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:153:55580](http://192.168.2.79:5601/bundles/vendors.bundle.js:153:55580)

I am unable to create any index pattern for that.

Please help me.

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Stacey\_Gammon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stacey_gammon/32/14025_2.png) [@Stacey\_Gammon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stacey_Gammon)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/2 "2018-08-29T14:11:55Z")

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Did you also upgrade your elasticsearch backend to 6.4? can you access your elasticsearch instance directly to ensure it's up and running?

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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/3 "2018-08-30T05:32:52Z")

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Hi @Stacey_Gammon

Yes we have upgraded es to 6.4 version and no issue with elasticsearch, its running and status is green on my 3 node cluster.

We can create new index through curl and its showing in kibana. But I am unable to create any index pattern , actually on every request I got Request failed with status code: 403

Please help me.

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/4 "2018-08-30T13:14:21Z")

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Hi @Stacey_Gammon

Any update??

I have also test [http://192.168.2.79:5601/status#?\_g=()](http://192.168.2.79:5601/status#?_g=()) and its also green status

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![Stacey\_Gammon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stacey_gammon/32/14025_2.png) [@Stacey\_Gammon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stacey_Gammon)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/5 "2018-08-30T13:39:38Z")

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This post seems somewhat similar to yours: [Kibana POST 403 (forbidden) on create index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-post-403-forbidden-on-create-index/136766/6)

Can you run `GET /_recovery?human` in dev tools and post the output?

Perhaps the index migration never completed on the `.kibana` index?

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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/6 "2018-08-30T13:58:50Z")

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Hi,

The Output is :

".kibana": {  
"shards": [  
{  
"id": 0,  
"type": "EXISTING\_STORE",  
"stage": "DONE",  
"primary": true,  
"start\_time": "2018-08-30T12:18:57.487Z",  
"start\_time\_in\_millis": 1535631537487,  
"stop\_time": "2018-08-30T12:18:57.883Z",  
"stop\_time\_in\_millis": 1535631537883,  
"total\_time": "395ms",  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 395,  
"source": {},  
"target": {  
"id": "dwRRAbBcTEqJSQbG-bxc7A",  
"host": "192.168.2.80",  
"transport\_address": "192.168.2.80:9300",  
"ip": "192.168.2.80",  
"name": "es-data1"  
},  
"index": {  
"size": {  
"total": "261b",  
"total\_in\_bytes": 261,  
"reused": "261b",  
"reused\_in\_bytes": 261,  
"recovered": "0b",  
"recovered\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"percent": "100.0%"  
},  
"files": {  
"total": 1,  
"reused": 1,  
"recovered": 0,  
"percent": "100.0%"  
},  
"total\_time": "0s",  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"source\_throttle\_time": "-1",  
"source\_throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"target\_throttle\_time": "-1",  
"target\_throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0  
},  
"translog": {  
"recovered": 0,  
"total": 0,  
"percent": "100.0%",  
"total\_on\_start": 0,  
"total\_time": "333ms",  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 333  
},  
"verify\_index": {  
"check\_index\_time": "0s",  
"check\_index\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"total\_time": "0s",  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 0  
}  
},  
{  
"id": 0,  
"type": "PEER",  
"stage": "DONE",  
"primary": false,  
"start\_time": "2018-08-30T12:18:49.560Z",  
"start\_time\_in\_millis": 1535631529560,  
"stop\_time": "2018-08-30T12:18:50.317Z",  
"stop\_time\_in\_millis": 1535631530317,  
"total\_time": "757ms",  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 757,  
"source": {  
"id": "dwRRAbBcTEqJSQbG-bxc7A",  
"host": "192.168.2.80",  
"transport\_address": "192.168.2.80:9300",  
"ip": "192.168.2.80",  
"name": "es-data1"  
},  
"target": {  
"id": "A3w4wz7jSAG2nrzhEjLS0w",  
"host": "192.168.2.81",  
"transport\_address": "192.168.2.81:9300",  
"ip": "192.168.2.81",  
"name": "es-data2"  
},  
"index": {  
"size": {  
"total": "0b",  
"total\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"reused": "0b",  
"reused\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"recovered": "0b",  
"recovered\_in\_bytes": 0,  
"percent": "0.0%"  
},  
"files": {  
"total": 0,  
"reused": 0,  
"recovered": 0,  
"percent": "0.0%"  
},  
"total\_time": "8ms",  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 8,  
"source\_throttle\_time": "-1",  
"source\_throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"target\_throttle\_time": "-1",  
"target\_throttle\_time\_in\_millis": 0  
},  
"translog": {  
"recovered": 0,  
"total": 0,  
"percent": "100.0%",  
"total\_on\_start": -1,  
"total\_time": "134ms",  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 134  
},  
"verify\_index": {  
"check\_index\_time": "0s",  
"check\_index\_time\_in\_millis": 0,  
"total\_time": "0s",  
"total\_time\_in\_millis": 0  
}  
}  
]  
},

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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/7 "2018-08-30T14:04:48Z")

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Hi,

and the output of

POST .kibana/\_search  
{  
"query": {  
"term": {  
"type": {  
"value": "index-pattern"  
}  
}  
}  
}

is

{  
"took": 4,  
"timed\_out": false,  
"\_shards": {  
"total": 1,  
"successful": 1,  
"skipped": 0,  
"failed": 0  
},  
"hits": {  
"total": 0,  
"max\_score": null,  
"hits": []  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/8 "2018-08-31T05:29:22Z")

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Hi @Stacey_Gammon

Any update ??

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**Author:** ![Stacey\_Gammon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stacey_gammon/32/14025_2.png) [@Stacey\_Gammon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stacey_Gammon)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/9 "2018-08-31T12:07:11Z")

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What do you get when you run `GET _cat/indices` in dev tools?

Try also:

```auto
POST .kibana/_search
{
  "query": {
    "term": {
      "type": {
        "value": "index-pattern"
      }
    }
  }
}

```

Do you have any security set up?

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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/10 "2018-08-31T12:33:19Z")

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Hi @Stacey_Gammon

The output is

{  
"took": 2,  
"timed\_out": false,  
"\_shards": {  
"total": 1,  
"successful": 1,  
"skipped": 0,  
"failed": 0  
},  
"hits": {  
"total": 0,  
"max\_score": null,  
"hits": []  
}  
}

No, i don’t have any security security setup. I have just upgraded 5.5 to 6.4. Please follow previous response.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Stacey\_Gammon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stacey_gammon/32/14025_2.png) [@Stacey\_Gammon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stacey_Gammon)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/11 "2018-08-31T12:37:25Z")

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What about `GET _cat/indices`?

Looks like you have no index patterns set up in your kibana index. Is there any data in your kibana index? what about `POST .kibana/_search`? If there is no data in your index, maybe you can start from a fresh install.

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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/12 "2018-09-03T04:17:52Z")

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Hi @Stacey_Gammon,

# The Result of GET \_cat/indices? :

green open amit MFtPOimzS8eSnIQcGTxmow 5 1 1 0 8.3kb 4.1kb  
green open vehere MtxdxYdARzWft2eD2eC1Yg 5 1 1000 400 1.8mb 938.4kb  
green open .monitoring-es-6-2018.08.31 wlFh0PGdR8WbPn1MEr7nVA 1 1 101897 12524 128.2mb 65.9mb  
green open vehere-image FnpUZiuSRae2Z7F2\_sTCwg 5 1 4 0 28.8kb 14.4kb  
green open vehere1 yn-AfAlSQE2K5uya\_FjAOQ 5 1 400 0 575.3kb 287.6kb  
green open logvehere-flows-2018.06.13 cnFgUSRjT4Kav0jSTkaE1A 5 1 46 0 1.3mb 685.1kb  
green open logvehere-flows-2018.06.14 5jOmed86TvW\_hqmN6rbdPA 5 1 92 0 3.4mb 1.7mb  
green open vehere-language -hdRw-iNThKEGYjSSa3tcw 5 1 4 0 27.1kb 13.5kb  
green open .monitoring-kibana-6-2018.08.31 2HOpoZWmTjm5HWdc2zhRrQ 1 1 4107 0 2.5mb 1.2mb  
green open my\_index 4IF4kHhFTHibyI4uaTs88Q 5 1 1 0 8.3kb 4.1kb  
green open logvehere-stats-2018.06.13 KJftsoLgTv23xkdgFoShsA 5 1 8 0 119kb 59.5kb  
green open logvehere-flows-2018.06.15 XXrb2zC7QSep7ZoSAupyow 5 1 7138739 0 32gb 16gb  
green open .monitoring-kibana-6-2018.09.03 G9huT6oXRrC46s8bHrTBJg 1 1 136 0 336.4kb 175.3kb  
green open .monitoring-kibana-6-2018.08.29 JeG\_uXDzQuKn5u6CcVl0qw 1 1 1163 0 916.3kb 458.1kb  
green open logvehere-stats-2018.06.15 cvzBA-j1Q-m\_i9uea\_AC7g 5 1 60 0 524.9kb 262.4kb  
green open .monitoring-es-6-2018.08.30 XtSfIMugQWaUFvomjKBYRw 1 1 30539 360 40.9mb 20.4mb  
green open logvehere-stats-2018.06.14 BCsqZHCQT6S9srYUWySJdQ 5 1 12 0 140.1kb 70kb  
green open .monitoring-es-6-2018.08.29 M9Xu3y9XRHy6k76ZsUngtw 1 1 25282 116 31.6mb 15.7mb  
green open .monitoring-es-6-2018.09.03 JfJmMNokTUqrit4F9VcbPw 1 1 4788 0 5mb 2.4mb  
green open .monitoring-kibana-6-2018.08.30 zS9wV4LOTRmF2mvm7Dol9Q 1 1 1301 0 841.1kb 427.5kb  
green open .kibana tgrIHSh7RZ6uAb4XCDAKEg 1 1 0 0 522b 261b

==================================================================

And the result of POST .kibana/\_search?

{  
"took": 3,  
"timed\_out": false,  
"\_shards": {  
"total": 1,  
"successful": 1,  
"skipped": 0,  
"failed": 0  
},  
"hits": {  
"total": 0,  
"max\_score": null,  
"hits": []  
}  
}

==================================================================

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/13 "2018-09-03T09:43:56Z")

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Hi @Stacey_Gammon,

Any Update??

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**Author:** ![amit.patra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@amit.patra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amit.patra)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/14 "2018-09-03T10:01:20Z")

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Hi,

We are unable to create any index pattern. The below is there all the time.

message blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/8/index write (api)];: [cluster\_block\_exception] blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/8/index write (api)];

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**Author:** ![iamthealex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@iamthealex](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/iamthealex)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/15 "2018-09-04T20:11:25Z")

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Did you use the same username and password in your curl commands as the username and password that you have configured in your kibana yml file?

Did you restart Kibana?

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**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-4-getting-request-failed-with-status-code-403/146538/16 "2018-10-02T20:11:31Z")

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