# Kibana docker image connecting to Elastic without xpack: redirect loop

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-docker-image-connecting-to-elastic-without-xpack-redirect-loop/87812>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 31, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-docker-image-connecting-to-elastic-without-xpack-redirect-loop/87812 "2017-05-31T21:16:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![justinrlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@justinrlee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/justinrlee)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-docker-image-connecting-to-elastic-without-xpack-redirect-loop/87812/1 "2017-05-31T21:16:56Z")

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Hi,

I have an Elastic cluster that intentionally doesn't have the xpack plugin installed. It's up and running, and if I use the soon-to-be-deprecated Docker Hub Kibana image ([https://hub.docker.com/\_/kibana/](https://hub.docker.com/_/kibana/)) to connect to it, everything works perfectly.

Since the Docker Hub Kibana image is being deprecated, I'd like to figure out how to use the "new" [elastic.co](http://elastic.co) Kibana image ([docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:5.4.0](http://docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:5.4.0)). I'm running it like this:

`docker run --rm -p 5601:5601 -e SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0 -e ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://<hostname>:9200 docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:5.4.0`

Every time I set it up and try to navigate to it, I get ERR\_TOO\_MANY\_REDIRECTS.

If I try to curl it, I get something similar.

Looking at the logs, I'm getting a bunch of this:

```auto
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2017-05-31T21:13:29Z","tags":["license","warning","xpack"],"pid":1,"message":"License information could not be obtained from Elasticsearch. [illegal_argument_exception] No endpoint or operation is available at [_xpack] :: {\"path\":\"/_xpack\",\"statusCode\":400,\"response\":\"{\\\"error\\\":{\\\"root_cause\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"illegal_argument_exception\\\",\\\"reason\\\":\\\"No endpoint or operation is available at [_xpack]\\\"}],\\\"type\\\":\\\"illegal_argument_exception\\\",\\\"reason\\\":\\\"No endpoint or operation is available at [_xpack]\\\"},\\\"status\\\":400}\"}"}
Unhandled rejection [illegal_argument_exception] No endpoint or operation is available at [_xpack] :: {"path":"/_xpack","statusCode":400,"response":"{\"error\":{\"root_cause\":[{\"type\":\"illegal_argument_exception\",\"reason\":\"No endpoint or operation is available at [_xpack]\"}],\"type\":\"illegal_argument_exception\",\"reason\":\"No endpoint or operation is available at [_xpack]\"},\"status\":400}"}
    at respond (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:295:15)
    at checkRespForFailure (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:254:7)
    at HttpConnector.<anonymous> (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/connectors/http.js:157:7)
    at IncomingMessage.bound (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/elasticsearch/node_modules/lodash/dist/lodash.js:729:21)
    at emitNone (events.js:91:20)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:185:7)
    at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:974:12)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:80:11)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:104:9)

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Is the redirect error because I'm trying to connect to Elastic without xpack, or something else? Is there a way to connect the official Kibana image to Elastic without xpack?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-docker-image-connecting-to-elastic-without-xpack-redirect-loop/87812/2 "2017-05-31T21:27:00Z")

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The docker kibana images come with x-pack preinstalled, and it looks like the current workaround is to uninstall it. There's an open issue at [https://github.com/elastic/kibana-docker/issues/27#issuecomment-296524205](https://github.com/elastic/kibana-docker/issues/27#issuecomment-296524205). It has an example dockerfile to remove it.

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**Author:** ![justinrlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@justinrlee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/justinrlee)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-docker-image-connecting-to-elastic-without-xpack-redirect-loop/87812/3 "2017-06-01T00:49:50Z")

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Sorry, should've searched the git repo first. Thanks for the help!

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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:** [June 29, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-docker-image-connecting-to-elastic-without-xpack-redirect-loop/87812/4 "2017-06-29T00:49:57Z")

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