# Kibana does not create a .kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 4, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-create-a-kibana/230907 "2020-05-04T00:57:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-create-a-kibana/230907/21 "2020-05-04T22:41:50Z")
Did you configure the beats to collect data from your app? ---
**Author:** ![ElAouane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elaouane/32/67612_2.png) [@ElAouane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElAouane)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-create-a-kibana/230907/22 "2020-05-04T22:45:01Z")
In both filebeat and metricbeat .yml i have only configuration to set my logstash,elastic and kibana. i dont have any other configuration that might hit my app. This is the point where i am confused. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-create-a-kibana/230907/23 "2020-05-04T23:18:07Z")
Ok, I thought that was what you meant but wanted to be sure. This will depend somewhat on the app and how it's made/what technologies it uses. For eg, if you use Apache/nginx as the webserver, then you can use the pre-built modules. If you aren't using those then check out the HTTP module for Metricbeat, as it can poll a generic, remote HTTP endpoint. ---
**Author:** ![ElAouane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elaouane/32/67612_2.png) [@ElAouane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElAouane)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-create-a-kibana/230907/24 "2020-05-05T00:06:55Z")
for the app i am using only nginx, and that modules has been enable already. So i enabled http, the host should be left as localhost or i need to set the app ip there? since i enable http, metricbeat stop working, i cannot start the service or access it in kibana ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-create-a-kibana/230907/25 "2020-05-05T00:08:15Z")
You will need to point it to your app, yes. > [@ElAouane](#): > > since i enable http, metricbeat stop working, i cannot start the service or access it in kibana It might be worth starting another thread for that, as we're pretty far away from the original topic 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ElAouane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elaouane/32/67612_2.png) [@ElAouane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElAouane)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-create-a-kibana/230907/26 "2020-05-05T00:11:49Z")
sure, i start another thread for meatricbeat. Thank you very much ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-does-not-create-a-kibana/230907/27 "2020-06-02T00:11:51Z")
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