# Kibana failed to start

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 2, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212 "2023-05-02T07:50:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![target\_test](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/target_test/32/120507_2.png) [@target\_test](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/target_test)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/1 "2023-05-02T07:50:30Z")

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hi i'm new using kibana and Elasticsearch at first i don't have any problem following guide on the internet but after i restart my computer kibana won't start

 ![Screenshot from 2023-05-02 14-50-00](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/8/584afeba3287032137087c40cd0bf9e620eee745.png)

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**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 2, 2023, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/2 "2023-05-02T08:24:15Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Please don't post pictures of text, logs or code. They are difficult to read, impossible to search and replicate (if it's code), and some people may not be even able to see them 🙂  
What do your Kibana logs show?

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**Author:** ![target\_test](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/target_test/32/120507_2.png) [@target\_test](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/target_test)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/3 "2023-05-02T08:31:43Z")

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the last 5 line show the same error  
{"service":{"node":{"roles":["background\_tasks","ui"]}},"ecs":{"version":"8.6.0"},"@timestamp":"2023-04-20T15:18:11.012+07:00","message":"Failed to retrieve tags in route: Error: Unable to create actions client because the Encrypted Saved Objects plugin is missing encryption key. Please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command.","log":{"level":"ERROR","logger":"plugins.cases"},"process":{"pid":54162},"trace":{"id":"4366de00d6d203934cd30945158a21a9"},"transaction":{"id":"5709031276f8edfe"}}

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**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 2, 2023, 8:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/4 "2023-05-02T08:55:45Z")

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> [@target\_test](#):
>
> Error: Unable to create actions client because the Encrypted Saved Objects plugin is missing encryption key. Please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command

Did you try that?

See [kibana-encryption-keys | Kibana Guide [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kibana-encryption-keys.html)

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**Author:** ![target\_test](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/target_test/32/120507_2.png) [@target\_test](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/target_test)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/5 "2023-05-02T08:59:14Z")

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when i try to run the command generate again i got another error

 ![Screenshot from 2023-05-02 15-57-59](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/b/7b82360f53aad73caf8ecea0b85c35837a3f691f.png)

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**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 2, 2023, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/6 "2023-05-02T09:00:09Z")

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Can you please not post pictures of commands 🙂 Copy and paste the output and format it as code.

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**Author:** ![target\_test](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/target_test/32/120507_2.png) [@target\_test](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/target_test)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/7 "2023-05-02T09:02:41Z")

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```auto
sudo /usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana-encryption-keys generate --force                  

/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:167
  return new YAMLException(
         ^
YAMLException: duplicated mapping key at line 188, column 1:
    server.ssl.enabled: true
    ^
    at generateError (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:167:10)
    at throwError (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:173:9)
    at storeMappingPair (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:335:7)
    at readBlockMapping (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1098:9)
    at composeNode (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1359:12)
    at readDocument (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1525:3)
    at loadDocuments (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1588:5)
    at load (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1614:19)
    at safeLoad (/usr/share/kibana/node_modules/js-yaml/lib/js-yaml/loader.js:1637:10)
    at new EncryptionConfig (/usr/share/kibana/src/cli_encryption_keys/encryption_config.js:24:35)

```

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**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 2, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/8 "2023-05-02T09:04:10Z")

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Thank you!

Can you share you full `kibana.yml` please.

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**Author:** ![target\_test](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/target_test/32/120507_2.png) [@target\_test](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/target_test)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/9 "2023-05-02T09:18:28Z")

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```auto
# 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: "localhost"

# 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"]

# 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
server.host: "kali-purple.kali.purple"

# This section was automatically generated during setup.
elasticsearch.hosts: ['http://192.168.88.242:9200']
elasticsearch.serviceAccountToken: AAEAAWVsYXN0aWMva2liYW5hL2Vucm9sbC1wcm9jZXNzLXRva2VuLTE2ODE5NjU2MTIyNDc6U25HQ1pZSVVRaVdhbWtSWExaYzA0Zw
elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: [/var/lib/kibana/ca_1681965613494.crt]
xpack.fleet.outputs: [{id: fleet-default-output, name: default, is_default: true, is_default_monitoring: true, type: elasticsearch, hosts: ['http://192.168.88.242:9200'], ca_trusted_fingerprint: 3793018519dab5d1cb1c4496b64bf29bc235d059f853959a6379cb70e3cf521a}]

server.ssl.enabled: true
server.ssl.certificate: /etc/kibana/kibana-server.crt
server.ssl.key: /etc/kibana/kibana-server.key
server.publicBaseUrl: "https://kali-purple.kali.purple:5601"
server.ssl.enabled: true
server.ssl.certificate: /etc/kibana/kibana-server.crt
server.ssl.key: /etc/kibana/kibana-server.key
server.publicBaseUrl: "https://kali-purple.kali.purple:5601"
server.host: "kali-purple.kali.purple"
server.host: "kali-purple.kali.purple"
server.host: "kali-purple.kali.purple"

```

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/10 "2023-05-02T09:51:35Z")

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You have duplicated values. Replace at end:

```auto
server.ssl.enabled: true
server.ssl.certificate: /etc/kibana/kibana-server.crt
server.ssl.key: /etc/kibana/kibana-server.key
server.publicBaseUrl: "https://kali-purple.kali.purple:5601"
server.ssl.enabled: true
server.ssl.certificate: /etc/kibana/kibana-server.crt
server.ssl.key: /etc/kibana/kibana-server.key
server.publicBaseUrl: "https://kali-purple.kali.purple:5601"
server.host: "kali-purple.kali.purple"
server.host: "kali-purple.kali.purple"
server.host: "kali-purple.kali.purple"

```

with

```auto
server.ssl.enabled: true
server.ssl.certificate: /etc/kibana/kibana-server.crt
server.ssl.key: /etc/kibana/kibana-server.key
server.publicBaseUrl: "https://kali-purple.kali.purple:5601"

```

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**Author:** ![target\_test](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/target_test/32/120507_2.png) [@target\_test](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/target_test)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/11 "2023-05-02T09:58:06Z")

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after i delete it and restart the kibana still have the same error message

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/12 "2023-05-02T10:45:11Z")

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And logs messages are...?

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**Author:** ![target\_test](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/target_test/32/120507_2.png) [@target\_test](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/target_test)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/13 "2023-05-02T10:59:27Z")

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same as before

```auto
{"service":{"node":{"roles":["background_tasks","ui"]}},"ecs":{"version":"8.6.0"},"@timestamp":"2023-04-20T17:12:15.012+07:00","message":"Failed to retrieve tags in route: Error: Unable to create actions client because the Encrypted Saved Objects plugin is missing encryption key. Please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command.","log":{"level":"ERROR","logger":"plugins.cases"},"process":{"pid":54162},"trace":{"id":"4366de00d6d203934cd30945158a21a9"},"transaction":{"id":"5709031276f8edfe"}}

```

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**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/14 "2023-05-02T11:17:26Z")

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thanks for the help @rios and @warkolm i manage to run kibana after restarting the kali linux

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**Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failed-to-start/332212/15 "2023-05-30T11:18:24Z")

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