# \[KIBANA\] Error generate pdf reporting

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-generate-pdf-reporting/177976>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 23, 2019, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-generate-pdf-reporting/177976 "2019-04-23T08:16:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Alessio\_Creo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alessio_creo/32/43381_2.png) [@Alessio\_Creo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alessio_Creo)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-generate-pdf-reporting/177976/1 "2019-04-23T08:16:44Z")

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Hi there,

I'm trying to generate a pdf report of a Kibana dashboard, but I've got this error

```
Unable to generate report
Error: Error spawning Chromium browser: [object Object]

```

I'm running with two Kibana 6.7.1 instances they have the same following config except for the reporting index value.

```
server.host: "0.0.0.0"

elasticsearch.username: "kibana"

elasticsearch.password: "kibana"

elasticsearch.hosts: ["https://esservera:9200"]

elasticsearch.requestTimeout: 60000

server.ssl.enabled: true

server.ssl.certificate: /Elastic/kibana-6.7.1-linux-x86_64/config/certs/cert.pem

server.ssl.key: /Elastic/kibana-6.7.1-linux-x86_64/config/certs/private_key.key

xpack.reporting.encryptionKey: "123456789"

xpack.reporting.index: ".reporting-a"

elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: ["/Elastic/kibana-6.7.1-linux-x86_64/config/certs/CAcert.pem","/Elastic/kibana-6.7.1-linux-x86_64/config/certs/ENTERPRICECA.pem","/Elastic/kibana-6.7.1-linux-x86_64/config/certs/rootCA.pem"]

pid.file: /Elastic/kibana-6.7.1-linux-x86_64/logs/kibana.pid

```

Can anyone help me? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-generate-pdf-reporting/177976/2 "2019-04-23T23:02:04Z")

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Unfortunately Reporting errors aren't great. You could try running the headless binary manually as shown in [this ticket](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/28408) and see if you get a more useful error.

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**Author:** ![Alessio\_Creo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alessio_creo/32/43381_2.png) [@Alessio\_Creo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alessio_Creo)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-generate-pdf-reporting/177976/3 "2019-04-24T05:39:13Z")

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Thank you for the answer. I Will do that to obtain more useful logs hopefully.  
Thank you very much.

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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:** [May 22, 2019, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-generate-pdf-reporting/177976/4 "2019-05-22T05:51:46Z")

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