# Kibana Fails to start : FATAL { \[Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fails-to-start-fatal-error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory/60807>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 18, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fails-to-start-fatal-error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory/60807 "2016-09-18T11:47:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![dvkawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dvkawa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dvkawa)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fails-to-start-fatal-error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory/60807/1 "2016-09-18T11:47:48Z")

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Hi,

I have installed ELK stack on windows and for some reason after i stopped Kibana from command prompt, while trying to restart i see below errors and it doesn't start:

```
FATAL { [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'D:\var\run\kibana.pid']
  cause:
   { [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'D:\var\run\kibana.pid']
     errno: -4058,
     code: 'ENOENT',
     syscall: 'open',
     path: 'D:\\var\\run\\kibana.pid' },
  isOperational: true,
  errno: -4058,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'open',
  path: 'D:\\var\\run\\kibana.pid' }

```

Please help me get this resolved.Thanks

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**Author:** ![dvkawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dvkawa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dvkawa)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fails-to-start-fatal-error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory/60807/2 "2016-09-18T13:27:28Z")

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I got this sorted.Thanks

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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:** [September 19, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fails-to-start-fatal-error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory/60807/3 "2016-09-19T21:31:56Z")

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What was the solution?

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**Author:** ![dvkawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dvkawa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dvkawa)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fails-to-start-fatal-error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory/60807/4 "2016-09-20T02:32:13Z")

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The pid.file path in my kibana.yml file was incorrect. Once I corrected the path, it worked.Thanks

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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:** [September 20, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fails-to-start-fatal-error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory/60807/5 "2016-09-20T03:57:16Z")

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Thanks for sharing!

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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 6, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fails-to-start-fatal-error-enoent-no-such-file-or-directory/60807/6 "2017-07-06T13:38:43Z")

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