# Kibana - Error: No unique release file found!

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-no-unique-release-file-found/235576>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 3, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-no-unique-release-file-found/235576 "2020-06-03T14:21:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![agrabil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@agrabil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/agrabil)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-no-unique-release-file-found/235576/1 "2020-06-03T14:21:40Z")

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Hello,  
I seem to be experiencing the same problem reported here:

> [@Kibana showing error while startup](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-showing-error-while-startup/179644):
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> Hi, i am trying running kibana using ./bin/kibana and getting below error. log [03:33:23.065] [fatal][root] Error: No unique release file found! at /home/switcrlh/elk/kibana-7.0.0-linux-x86\_64/node\_modules/getos/index.js:149:21 at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:154:21) FATAL Error: No unique release file found! i am not able to find out the log file for this kibana starting related process. please help in starting this.

However, I am running Elastic 7.6.0 with Kibana 7.6.0, and I get this when attempting to start Kibana:

```auto
  log [17:44:15.568] [info][plugins-service] Plugin "case" is disabled.
  log [17:44:29.726] [fatal][root] Error: No unique release file found!
    at /mirror/jail/opt/incontrol/auditor/kibana/node_modules/getos/index.js:149:21
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:153:21)

 FATAL Error: No unique release file found!

```

I did not find a resolution in the above post, so I am asking for help to diagnose this issue. Both Elastic and Kibana were installed from the tar.gz files.

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**Author:** ![agrabil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@agrabil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/agrabil)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-no-unique-release-file-found/235576/2 "2020-06-03T21:13:21Z")

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Turns out this is because there was no /etc/release file on my system.

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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:** [July 1, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-error-no-unique-release-file-found/235576/3 "2020-07-01T21:13:24Z")

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