Kibana error - can't start due to error (problem with ES)

Hello, can you please help me with my home lab log collection system.
I have two hosts one with logstash + elasticsearch + kibana and the other with logstash + elasticsearch.
I want to connect kibana to both ES clusters. (Clusters are single node)
With local ES cluster works fine but as soon as I connect the remote one I get this error.

ut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]: [2023-02-13T17:15:44.349+01:00][ERROR][savedobjects-service] [.kibana_task_manager] Unexpected Elasticsearch ResponseError: statusCode: 404, method: POST, url: /_search?allow_partial_search_results=false&sort=_shard_doc%3Aasc error: [index_not_found_exception]: no such index [.kibana_task_manager_8.6.1_001],
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]: [2023-02-13T17:15:44.351+01:00][FATAL][root] Error: Unable to complete saved object migrations for the [.kibana_task_manager] index. Please check the health of your Elasticsearch cluster and try again. Unexpected Elasticsearch ResponseError: statusCode: 404, method: POST, url: /_search?allow_partial_search_results=false&sort=_shard_doc%3Aasc error: [index_not_found_exception]: no such index [.kibana_task_manager_8.6.1_001],
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at migrationStateActionMachine (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/@kbn/core-saved-objects-migration-server-internal/target_node/src/migrations_state_action_machine.js:146:13)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at async Promise.all (index 1)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at SavedObjectsService.start (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/@kbn/core-saved-objects-server-internal/target_node/src/saved_objects_service.js:160:9)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at Server.start (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/@kbn/core-root-server-internal/target_node/src/server.js:328:31)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at Root.start (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/@kbn/core-root-server-internal/target_node/src/root/index.js:63:14)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at bootstrap (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/@kbn/core-root-server-internal/target_node/src/bootstrap.js:103:5)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at Command.<anonymous> (/usr/share/kibana/src/cli/serve/serve.js:180:5)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]: [2023-02-13T17:15:44.363+01:00][INFO ][plugins-system.preboot] Stopping all plugins.
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]: [2023-02-13T17:15:44.365+01:00][INFO ][plugins-system.standard] Stopping all plugins.
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]: [2023-02-13T17:15:44.368+01:00][INFO ][plugins.monitoring.monitoring.kibana-monitoring] Monitoring stats collection is stopped
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]: [2023-02-13T17:15:44.381+01:00][ERROR][plugins.ruleRegistry] Error: Server is stopping; must stop all async operations
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at /usr/share/kibana/x-pack/plugins/rule_registry/server/rule_data_plugin_service/resource_installer.js:54:20
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]: [2023-02-13T17:15:44.383+01:00][ERROR][plugins.ruleRegistry] Error: Failure installing common resources shared between all indices. Server is stopping; must stop all async operations
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at ResourceInstaller.installWithTimeout (/usr/share/kibana/x-pack/plugins/rule_registry/server/rule_data_plugin_service/resource_installer.js:62:13)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:96:5)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]:     at ResourceInstaller.installCommonResources (/usr/share/kibana/x-pack/plugins/rule_registry/server/rule_data_plugin_service/resource_installer.js:76:5)
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]: [2023-02-13T17:15:44.432+01:00][ERROR][savedobjects-service] [.kibana] Action failed with 'socket hang up - Local: unknown:unknown, Remote: unknown:unknown'. Retrying attempt 1 in 2 seconds.
lut 13 17:15:44 logstash-server kibana[12249]: [2023-02-13T17:15:44.433+01:00][INFO ][savedobjects-service] [.kibana] CREATE_NEW_TARGET -> CREATE_NEW_TARGET. took: 130ms.
lut 13 17:15:45 logstash-server kibana[12249]:  FATAL  Error: Unable to complete saved object migrations for the [.kibana_task_manager] index. Please check the health of your Elasticsearch cluster and try again. Unexpected Elasticsearch ResponseError: statusCode: 404, method: POST, url: /_search?allow_partial_search_results=false&sort=_shard_doc%3Aasc error: [index_not_found_exception]: no such index [.kibana_task_manager_8.6.1_001],

I cleared all indices on remote ES cluster. Here are config files for kibana and both ES clusters.

ES1:

# ======================== Elasticsearch Configuration =========================
#
# NOTE: Elasticsearch comes with reasonable defaults for most settings.
#       Before you set out to tweak and tune the configuration, make sure you
#       understand what are you trying to accomplish and the consequences.
#
# The primary way of configuring a node is via this file. This template lists
# the most important settings you may want to configure for a production cluster.
#
# Please consult the documentation for further information on configuration options:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/index.html
#
# ---------------------------------- Cluster -----------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for your cluster:
#
cluster.name: es-cl-1
#
# ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for the node:
#
node.name: node-1
#node.master: true
#
# Add custom attributes to the node:
#
#node.attr.rack: r1
#
# ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------
#
# Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):
#
path.data: /mnt/nfs/share01
#
# Path to log files:
#
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
#
# ----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------
#
# Lock the memory on startup:
#
#bootstrap.memory_lock: true
#
# Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available
# on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this
# limit.
#
# Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory.
#
# ---------------------------------- Network -----------------------------------
#
# By default Elasticsearch is only accessible on localhost. Set a different
# address here to expose this node on the network:
#
network.host: 200.165.0.10
#
# By default Elasticsearch listens for HTTP traffic on the first free port it
# finds starting at 9200. Set a specific HTTP port here:
#
#http.port: 9200
#
# For more information, consult the network module documentation.
#
# --------------------------------- Discovery ----------------------------------
#
# Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when this node is started:
# The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"]
#
discovery.type: single-node
#discovery.seed_hosts: ["host1", "host2"]
#
# Bootstrap the cluster using an initial set of master-eligible nodes:
#
## cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["node-1"]
#
# For more information, consult the discovery and cluster formation module documentation.
#
# --------------------------------- Readiness ----------------------------------
#
# Enable an unauthenticated TCP readiness endpoint on localhost
#
#readiness.port: 9399
#
# ---------------------------------- Various -----------------------------------
#
# Allow wildcard deletion of indices:
#
#action.destructive_requires_name: false

#----------------------- BEGIN SECURITY AUTO CONFIGURATION -----------------------
#
# The following settings, TLS certificates, and keys have been automatically      
# generated to configure Elasticsearch security features on 12-02-2023 13:14:37
#
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Enable security features
xpack.security.enabled: false

xpack.security.enrollment.enabled: true

# Enable encryption for HTTP API client connections, such as Kibana, Logstash, and Agents
xpack.security.http.ssl:
  enabled: true
  keystore.path: certs/http.p12

# Enable encryption and mutual authentication between cluster nodes
xpack.security.transport.ssl:
  enabled: true
  verification_mode: certificate
  keystore.path: certs/transport.p12
  truststore.path: certs/transport.p12
# Create a new cluster with the current node only
# Additional nodes can still join the cluster later
# cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["logstash-server"]

# Allow HTTP API connections from anywhere
# Connections are encrypted and require user authentication
http.host: 0.0.0.0

# Allow other nodes to join the cluster from anywhere
# Connections are encrypted and mutually authenticated
transport.host: 0.0.0.0

#----------------------- END SECURITY AUTO CONFIGURATION -------------------------

ES2:

# ======================== Elasticsearch Configuration =========================
#
# NOTE: Elasticsearch comes with reasonable defaults for most settings.
#       Before you set out to tweak and tune the configuration, make sure you
#       understand what are you trying to accomplish and the consequences.
#
# The primary way of configuring a node is via this file. This template lists
# the most important settings you may want to configure for a production cluster.
#
# Please consult the documentation for further information on configuration options:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/index.html
#
# ---------------------------------- Cluster -----------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for your cluster:
#
cluster.name: es-cl-2
#
# ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------
#
# Use a descriptive name for the node:
#
node.name: node-2
#
# Add custom attributes to the node:
#
#node.attr.rack: r1
#
# ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------
#
# Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):
#
path.data: /mnt/nfs/share02
#
# Path to log files:
#
path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch
#
# ----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------
#
# Lock the memory on startup:
#
#bootstrap.memory_lock: true
#
# Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available
# on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this
# limit.
#
# Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory.
#
# ---------------------------------- Network -----------------------------------
#
# By default Elasticsearch is only accessible on localhost. Set a different
# address here to expose this node on the network:
#
network.host: 200.165.0.12
#
# By default Elasticsearch listens for HTTP traffic on the first free port it
# finds starting at 9200. Set a specific HTTP port here:
#
http.port: 9200
#
# For more information, consult the network module documentation.
#
# --------------------------------- Discovery ----------------------------------
#
# Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when this node is started:
# The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"]
#
#discovery.seed_hosts: ["localhost"]
discovery.type: single-node
#
# Bootstrap the cluster using an initial set of master-eligible nodes:
#
#cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["node-1", "node-2"]
#
# For more information, consult the discovery and cluster formation module documentation.
#
# --------------------------------- Readiness ----------------------------------
#
# Enable an unauthenticated TCP readiness endpoint on localhost
#
#readiness.port: 9399
#
# ---------------------------------- Various -----------------------------------
#
# Allow wildcard deletion of indices:
#
#action.destructive_requires_name: false

#----------------------- BEGIN SECURITY AUTO CONFIGURATION -----------------------
#
# The following settings, TLS certificates, and keys have been automatically      
# generated to configure Elasticsearch security features on 23-01-2023 11:51:52
#
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Enable security features
xpack.security.enabled: false

xpack.security.enrollment.enabled: true

# Enable encryption for HTTP API client connections, such as Kibana, Logstash, and Agents
xpack.security.http.ssl:
  enabled: true
  keystore.path: certs/http.p12

# Enable encryption and mutual authentication between cluster nodes
xpack.security.transport.ssl:
  enabled: true
  verification_mode: certificate
  keystore.path: certs/transport.p12
  truststore.path: certs/transport.p12
# Create a new cluster with the current node only
# Additional nodes can still join the cluster later
#cluster.initial_master_nodes: ["node-1"]

# Allow HTTP API connections from anywhere
# Connections are encrypted and require user authentication
http.host: 0.0.0.0

# Allow other nodes to join the cluster from anywhere
# Connections are encrypted and mutually authenticated
transport.host: 0.0.0.0

#----------------------- END SECURITY AUTO CONFIGURATION -------------------------

Kibana:

# For more configuration options see the configuration guide for Kibana in
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/index.html

# =================== System: Kibana Server ===================
# Kibana is served by a back end server. This setting specifies the port to use.
server.port: 5601

# Specifies the address to which the Kibana server will bind. IP addresses and host names are both valid values.
# The default is 'localhost', which usually means remote machines will not be able to connect.
# To allow connections from remote users, set this parameter to a non-loopback address.
server.host: "0.0.0.0"

# Enables you to specify a path to mount Kibana at if you are running behind a proxy.
# Use the `server.rewriteBasePath` setting to tell Kibana if it should remove the basePath
# from requests it receives, and to prevent a deprecation warning at startup.
# This setting cannot end in a slash.
#server.basePath: ""

# Specifies whether Kibana should rewrite requests that are prefixed with
# `server.basePath` or require that they are rewritten by your reverse proxy.
# Defaults to `false`.
#server.rewriteBasePath: false

# Specifies the public URL at which Kibana is available for end users. If
# `server.basePath` is configured this URL should end with the same basePath.
#server.publicBaseUrl: ""

# The maximum payload size in bytes for incoming server requests.
#server.maxPayload: 1048576

# The Kibana server's name. This is used for display purposes.
#server.name: "your-hostname"

# =================== System: Kibana Server (Optional) ===================
# Enables SSL and paths to the PEM-format SSL certificate and SSL key files, respectively.
# These settings enable SSL for outgoing requests from the Kibana server to the browser.
#server.ssl.enabled: false
#server.ssl.certificate: /path/to/your/server.crt
#server.ssl.key: /path/to/your/server.key

# =================== System: Elasticsearch ===================
# The URLs of the Elasticsearch instances to use for all your queries.
elasticsearch.hosts: ["http://localhost:9200", "http://200.165.0.12:9200"]

# If your Elasticsearch is protected with basic authentication, these settings provide
# the username and password that the Kibana server uses to perform maintenance on the Kibana
# index at startup. Your Kibana users still need to authenticate with Elasticsearch, which
# is proxied through the Kibana server.
#elasticsearch.username: "kibana_system"
#elasticsearch.password: "pass"

# Kibana can also authenticate to Elasticsearch via "service account tokens".
# Service account tokens are Bearer style tokens that replace the traditional username/password based configuration.
# Use this token instead of a username/password.
# elasticsearch.serviceAccountToken: "my_token"

# Time in milliseconds to wait for Elasticsearch to respond to pings. Defaults to the value of
# the elasticsearch.requestTimeout setting.
#elasticsearch.pingTimeout: 1500

# Time in milliseconds to wait for responses from the back end or Elasticsearch. This value
# must be a positive integer.
#elasticsearch.requestTimeout: 30000

# The maximum number of sockets that can be used for communications with elasticsearch.
# Defaults to `Infinity`.
#elasticsearch.maxSockets: 1024

# Specifies whether Kibana should use compression for communications with elasticsearch
# Defaults to `false`.
#elasticsearch.compression: false

# List of Kibana client-side headers to send to Elasticsearch. To send *no* client-side
# headers, set this value to [] (an empty list).
#elasticsearch.requestHeadersWhitelist: [ authorization ]

# Header names and values that are sent to Elasticsearch. Any custom headers cannot be overwritten
# by client-side headers, regardless of the elasticsearch.requestHeadersWhitelist configuration.
#elasticsearch.customHeaders: {}

# Time in milliseconds for Elasticsearch to wait for responses from shards. Set to 0 to disable.
#elasticsearch.shardTimeout: 30000

# =================== System: Elasticsearch (Optional) ===================
# These files are used to verify the identity of Kibana to Elasticsearch and are required when
# xpack.security.http.ssl.client_authentication in Elasticsearch is set to required.
#elasticsearch.ssl.certificate: /path/to/your/client.crt
#elasticsearch.ssl.key: /path/to/your/client.key

# Enables you to specify a path to the PEM file for the certificate
# authority for your Elasticsearch instance.
#elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: [ "/path/to/your/CA.pem" ]

# To disregard the validity of SSL certificates, change this setting's value to 'none'.
#elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: full

# =================== System: Logging ===================
# Set the value of this setting to off to suppress all logging output, or to debug to log everything. Defaults to 'info'
#logging.root.level: debug

# Enables you to specify a file where Kibana stores log output.
logging:
  appenders:
    file:
      type: file
      fileName: /var/log/kibana/kibana.log
      layout:
        type: json
  root:
    appenders:
      - default
      - file
#  layout:
#    type: json

# Logs queries sent to Elasticsearch.
#logging.loggers:
#  - name: elasticsearch.query
#    level: debug

# Logs http responses.
#logging.loggers:
#  - name: http.server.response
#    level: debug

# Logs system usage information.
#logging.loggers:
#  - name: metrics.ops
#    level: debug

# =================== System: Other ===================
# The path where Kibana stores persistent data not saved in Elasticsearch. Defaults to data
#path.data: data

# Specifies the path where Kibana creates the process ID file.
pid.file: /run/kibana/kibana.pid

# Set the interval in milliseconds to sample system and process performance
# metrics. Minimum is 100ms. Defaults to 5000ms.
#ops.interval: 5000

# Specifies locale to be used for all localizable strings, dates and number formats.
# Supported languages are the following: English (default) "en", Chinese "zh-CN", Japanese "ja-JP", French "fr-FR".
#i18n.locale: "en"

# =================== Frequently used (Optional)===================

# =================== Saved Objects: Migrations ===================
# Saved object migrations run at startup. If you run into migration-related issues, you might need to adjust these settings.

# The number of documents migrated at a time.
# If Kibana can't start up or upgrade due to an Elasticsearch `circuit_breaking_exception`,
# use a smaller batchSize value to reduce the memory pressure. Defaults to 1000 objects per batch.
#migrations.batchSize: 1000

# The maximum payload size for indexing batches of upgraded saved objects.
# To avoid migrations failing due to a 413 Request Entity Too Large response from Elasticsearch.
# This value should be lower than or equal to your Elasticsearch cluster’s `http.max_content_length`
# configuration option. Default: 100mb
#migrations.maxBatchSizeBytes: 100mb

# The number of times to retry temporary migration failures. Increase the setting
# if migrations fail frequently with a message such as `Unable to complete the [...] step after
# 15 attempts, terminating`. Defaults to 15
#migrations.retryAttempts: 15

# =================== Search Autocomplete ===================
# Time in milliseconds to wait for autocomplete suggestions from Elasticsearch.
# This value must be a whole number greater than zero. Defaults to 1000ms
#unifiedSearch.autocomplete.valueSuggestions.timeout: 1000

# Maximum number of documents loaded by each shard to generate autocomplete suggestions.
# This value must be a whole number greater than zero. Defaults to 100_000
#unifiedSearch.autocomplete.valueSuggestions.terminateAfter: 100000

Hi @Blazej_Makula and welcome to the community!

Looks like Kibana is unable to properly communicate with your cluster in order to migrate/setup some of the required indices.

It also looks like both ES nodes are configured as discovery.type: single-node. This setting should tell elasticsearch to create two individual clusters. you can read more about that here. Is this expected?

Are you able to verify the health of your ES cluster using /_cluster/health from a curl command?
If you run this command on both ES nodes, what response do you get?

Hello @eMitch,
Thank you for your response. Yes, two clusters are expected. I want two clusters to ensure HA and in the future to scale this clusters by adding nodes.

Yes I can communicate both ways between clusters.
Here is response from cluster two

root@logstash-server:/var/log/logstash# curl -X GET "200.165.0.12:9200/_cluster/health?pretty"
{
  "cluster_name" : "es-cl-2",
  "status" : "yellow",
  "timed_out" : false,
  "number_of_nodes" : 1,
  "number_of_data_nodes" : 1,
  "active_primary_shards" : 10,
  "active_shards" : 10,
  "relocating_shards" : 0,
  "initializing_shards" : 0,
  "unassigned_shards" : 2,
  "delayed_unassigned_shards" : 0,
  "number_of_pending_tasks" : 0,
  "number_of_in_flight_fetch" : 0,
  "task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis" : 0,
  "active_shards_percent_as_number" : 83.33333333333334
}

And the other way around:

root@logstash-server:/mnt/nfs/share02/indices# curl -X GET "200.165.0.10:9200/_cluster/health?pretty"
{
  "cluster_name" : "es-cl-1",
  "status" : "yellow",
  "timed_out" : false,
  "number_of_nodes" : 1,
  "number_of_data_nodes" : 1,
  "active_primary_shards" : 15,
  "active_shards" : 15,
  "relocating_shards" : 0,
  "initializing_shards" : 0,
  "unassigned_shards" : 6,
  "delayed_unassigned_shards" : 0,
  "number_of_pending_tasks" : 0,
  "number_of_in_flight_fetch" : 0,
  "task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis" : 0,
  "active_shards_percent_as_number" : 71.42857142857143
}

And here is reason for yellow status

root@logstash-server:/var/log/logstash# curl -X GET "localhost:9200/_cluster/allocation/explain?pretty" -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
{
  "note" : "No shard was specified in the explain API request, so this response explains a randomly chosen unassigned shard. There may be other unassigned shards in this cluster which cannot be assigned for different reasons. It may not be possible to assign this shard until one of the other shards is assigned correctly. To explain the allocation of other shards (whether assigned or unassigned) you must specify the target shard in the request to this API.",
  "index" : "pfsense-2023.02.13",
  "shard" : 0,
  "primary" : false,
  "current_state" : "unassigned",
  "unassigned_info" : {
    "reason" : "INDEX_CREATED",
    "at" : "2023-02-13T14:01:05.799Z",
    "last_allocation_status" : "no_attempt"
  },
  "can_allocate" : "no",
  "allocate_explanation" : "Elasticsearch isn't allowed to allocate this shard to any of the nodes in the cluster. Choose a node to which you expect this shard to be allocated, find this node in the node-by-node explanation, and address the reasons which prevent Elasticsearch from allocating this shard there.",
  "node_allocation_decisions" : [
    {
      "node_id" : "_9InHFpxQTq6fGibu5NuyQ",
      "node_name" : "node-1",
      "transport_address" : "200.165.0.10:9300",
      "node_attributes" : {
        "ml.machine_memory" : "8300335104",
        "ml.allocated_processors" : "4",
        "ml.max_jvm_size" : "4152360960",
        "ml.allocated_processors_double" : "4.0",
        "xpack.installed" : "true"
      },
      "node_decision" : "no",
      "weight_ranking" : 1,
      "deciders" : [
        {
          "decider" : "same_shard",
          "decision" : "NO",
          "explanation" : "a copy of this shard is already allocated to this node [[pfsense-2023.02.13][0], node[_9InHFpxQTq6fGibu5NuyQ], [P], s[STARTED], a[id=hR2Qhr7jSKOIdc2kdZENnA], failed_attempts[0]]"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Welcome to our community! :smiley:

Generally Kibana can only connect to a single cluster at a time, not multiple. So what you are doing will not work sorry.

When you say:

Are you talking about HA for Elasticsearch or Kibana?

As @warkolm mentioned, in this scenario Kibana will not be able to access both clusters. When configuring Kibana for HA, you will want to point the Kibana instance at two nodes in the same cluster.. This will allow for HA if one elasticsearch instance goes down, then Kibana will continue to function.

If your goal is to maintain HA for the local elasticsearch cluster, then combining the two servers into one cluster to leverage elasticsearch's built-in HA capabilities would suit you better.

In order to fix your Kibana errors you will need to either:

Combine node-1 and node-2 into a single cluster and leave kibana as is
or
leave the elastic nodes as separate clusters and also stand up a second kibana, configuring each kibana to point to a different cluster.

Thank you for your help. I'm new to the ELK stack and I didn't realize how nodes work in ES.
Now I have configured two nodes to work in one cluster and it works great. I had some problems with auto configured security so I went for no security at all and I'm just gonna add security measures step by step. (as mentioned it's my home lab with no internet access).

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