# Kibana 6.x.x load balancing issue behind an F5 appliance

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-x-x-load-balancing-issue-behind-an-f5-appliance/234714>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-x-x-load-balancing-issue-behind-an-f5-appliance/234714 "2020-05-28T10:11:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThSPT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@ThSPT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ThSPT)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-x-x-load-balancing-issue-behind-an-f5-appliance/234714/1 "2020-05-28T10:11:45Z")

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Hi all,

I'd like to know if there is a specific configuration/recommendation to be done on the F5 appliance which is used to load balance the HTTP traffic between 2 kibana nodes ?

I'm not using the xpack and don't want to if possible .

The issues are more apparent on Mozilla browser than others but it did happens with others browsers as well :

- Getting the loading page for Kibana loading forever -- Multiple refresh needed
- Page not being correctly displayed -- More refresh needed
- Having an error page asking to go back or clear the session

At some moment no issue at all , I can navigate normally  
If I go directly to the kibana back-ends no issues...

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![wylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wylie/32/81794_2.png) [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-x-x-load-balancing-issue-behind-an-f5-appliance/234714/2 "2020-06-23T17:01:43Z")

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There is a section in our docs about the required settings needed for load balancing Kibana: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/production.html#load-balancing-kibana](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/production.html#load-balancing-kibana)

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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 21, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-6-x-x-load-balancing-issue-behind-an-f5-appliance/234714/3 "2020-07-21T17:01:47Z")

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