# Kibana Fatal Error on start

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fatal-error-on-start/159431>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 4, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fatal-error-on-start/159431 "2018-12-04T23:05:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ishtiaque\_Shahrier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ishtiaque\_Shahrier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ishtiaque_Shahrier)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fatal-error-on-start/159431/1 "2018-12-04T23:05:56Z")

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I have successfully installed elasticsearch 6.5.1 and it runs without any problem.  
If I do a curl localhost:9200 , then I get the following output

```
StatusCode : 200
StatusDescription : OK
Content : {
                      "name" : "hUe8zLM",
                      "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
                      "cluster_uuid" : "c7eWsxgXRiyTtGtacSPcww",
                      "version" : {
                        "number" : "6.5.1",
                        "build_flavor" : "default",
                        "build_type" : "zip...
RawContent : HTTP/1.1 200 OK
                    Content-Length: 493
                    Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

                    {
                      "name" : "hUe8zLM",
                      "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
                      "cluster_uuid" : "c7eWsxgXRiyTtGtacSPcww",
                      "versi..."
Forms : {}
Headers : {[Content-Length, 493], [Content-Type, application/json; charset=UTF-8]}
Images : {}
InputFields : {}
Links : {}
ParsedHtml : mshtml.HTMLDocumentClass
RawContentLength : 493

```

SO I install kibana 6.5.1 for on the same machine, changed the following settings in the configuration file

**elasticsearch.url: [http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)**

after that I run the kibana.bat as admin, and it runs but at the end it gices me the following error and it just stops

```
 log [23:03:36.338] [info][migrations] Creating index .kibana_1.
 error [23:04:04.934] [warning][process] UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Request Timeout after 30000ms
    at c:\Program Files\kibana-6.5.1\node_modules\elasticsearch\src\lib\transport.js:355:15
    at Timeout.<anonymous> (c:\Program Files\kibana-6.5.1\node_modules\elasticsearch\src\lib\transport.js:384:7)
    at ontimeout (timers.js:498:11)
    at tryOnTimeout (timers.js:323:5)
    at Timer.listOnTimeout (timers.js:290:5)
    at emitWarning (internal/process/promises.js:65:17)
    at emitPendingUnhandledRejections (internal/process/promises.js:109:11)
    at runMicrotasksCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:124:9)
    at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:131:7)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:180:9)
 error [23:04:04.936] [warning][process] Error: Request Timeout after 30000ms
    at c:\Program Files\kibana-6.5.1\node_modules\elasticsearch\src\lib\transport.js:355:15
    at Timeout.<anonymous> (c:\Program Files\kibana-6.5.1\node_modules\elasticsearch\src\lib\transport.js:384:7)
    at ontimeout (timers.js:498:11)
    at tryOnTimeout (timers.js:323:5)
    at Timer.listOnTimeout (timers.js:290:5)
  log [23:04:06.343] [error][status][plugin:spaces@6.5.1] Status changed from yellow to red - Request Timeout after 30000ms
 error [23:04:06.353] [fatal][root] Error: Request Timeout after 30000ms
    at c:\Program Files\kibana-6.5.1\node_modules\elasticsearch\src\lib\transport.js:355:15
    at Timeout.<anonymous> (c:\Program Files\kibana-6.5.1\node_modules\elasticsearch\src\lib\transport.js:384:7)
    at ontimeout (timers.js:498:11)
    at tryOnTimeout (timers.js:323:5)
    at Timer.listOnTimeout (timers.js:290:5)

 FATAL Error: Request Timeout after 30000ms

```

PLEASE HELP!!!

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**Author:** ![Nathan\_Reese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nathan_reese/32/84829_2.png) [@Nathan\_Reese](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nathan_Reese)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fatal-error-on-start/159431/2 "2018-12-05T02:19:26Z")

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Try putting quotes around the value since its a string  
`elasticsearch.url: "http://localhost:9200"`

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**Author:** ![Ishtiaque\_Shahrier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ishtiaque\_Shahrier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ishtiaque_Shahrier)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fatal-error-on-start/159431/3 "2018-12-05T02:32:42Z")

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DIdn't help.

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**Author:** ![Ishtiaque\_Shahrier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ishtiaque\_Shahrier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ishtiaque_Shahrier)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fatal-error-on-start/159431/4 "2018-12-05T15:16:37Z")

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UPDATE: my problem went away after i rebooted twice. i still do not know the origin of the issue.  
thanks

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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:** [January 2, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-fatal-error-on-start/159431/5 "2019-01-02T15:16:39Z")

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