# kibana could not start

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-could-not-start/378749>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 30, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-could-not-start/378749 "2025-05-30T18:23:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![warmarshal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6a8cbe/32.png) [@warmarshal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warmarshal)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-could-not-start/378749/1 "2025-05-30T18:23:51Z")

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× kibana.service - Kibana  
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/kibana.service; enabled; preset: disabled)  
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2025-05-30 14:16:41 EDT; 32s ago  
Duration: 918ms  
Invocation: 057b95cdfdd0451eb171a07c0e72c051  
Docs: [https://www.elastic.co](https://www.elastic.co)  
Process: 43455 ExecStart=/usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)  
Main PID: 43455 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

May 30 14:16:41 kali-purple systemd[1]: kibana.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 3.  
May 30 14:16:41 kali-purple systemd[1]: kibana.service: Start request repeated too quickly.  
May 30 14:16:41 kali-purple systemd[1]: kibana.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.  
May 30 14:16:41 kali-purple systemd[1]: Failed to start kibana.service - Kibana.