# Kibana cannot connect to elasticsearch behind nginx with ssl enabled **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 14, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cannot-connect-to-elasticsearch-behind-nginx-with-ssl-enabled/85669 "2017-05-14T07:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yong\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a183cd/32.png) [@Yong\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yong_Zhang)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cannot-connect-to-elasticsearch-behind-nginx-with-ssl-enabled/85669/1 "2017-05-14T07:06:13Z")
Hi, all Elasticsearch version: 5.4.0 Kibana version: 5.4.0 Kibana is running behind nginx, enabled ssl on nginx 3 elasticsearch nodes behind nginx too, with also ssl enabled, Now, clients can communicate with elasticsearch successfully, e.g. [https://es.demo.com](https://es.demo.com), but what I'm confused is, kibana can't connect to elasticsearch, I really don't know why (confirmed no network issue). Anyone can help? Do I have to use X-Pack instead (Or X-Pack is a must to encrypt connection from kibana to elasticsearch)? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Yong\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a183cd/32.png) [@Yong\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Yong_Zhang)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cannot-connect-to-elasticsearch-behind-nginx-with-ssl-enabled/85669/2 "2017-05-17T02:09:58Z")
Can anyone help with this? Thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-cannot-connect-to-elasticsearch-behind-nginx-with-ssl-enabled/85669/3 "2017-06-14T02:10:09Z")
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