# Kibana 8.x Installation without GUI

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-x-installation-without-gui/305405>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 23, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-x-installation-without-gui/305405 "2022-05-23T13:13:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-8-x-installation-without-gui/305405/3 "2022-06-01T05:26:17Z")

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Perhaps this thread

> [@Using token to enrol kibana without a local browser](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-token-to-enrol-kibana-without-a-local-browser/302426/4):
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> You can run bin/kibana-setup --enrollment-token \<your enrollment token here\> I don't think we do a good job documenting this, we will amend that.

And I think it is right there in the docs now... Detached Mode

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