# Kibana HA Documentation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-ha-documentation/213110>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 26, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-ha-documentation/213110 "2019-12-26T20:10:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeffspahr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeffspahr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jeffspahr)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-ha-documentation/213110/1 "2019-12-26T20:10:16Z")

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The Kibana docs don't address how to properly run two or more Kibana instances to provide HA. You would have to read through all of the settings to discover these independently. The ones I'm aware of are:  
xpack.reporting.encryptionKey [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/reporting-settings-kb.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/reporting-settings-kb.html)  
xpack.security.encryptionKey [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/security-settings-kb.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/security-settings-kb.html)

I think this would go well here:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/production.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/production.html)

I'm happy to submit a PR to update the docs, but I'm looking for confirmation before I do that:

1. Are there other settings that are important to running 2 or more Kibana instances for HA?
2. Is "Using Kibana in a production environment" the right place to document this?

Thanks,  
Jeff

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**Author:** ![cheiligers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cheiligers/32/73114_2.png) [@cheiligers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cheiligers)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-ha-documentation/213110/2 "2019-12-26T21:05:12Z")

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Hi Jeff,  
We're always happy to receive doc update PRs so please go ahead and open one with your changes in whichever file you feel is the most appropriate. The precise location can be discussed during the PR review phase.

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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 23, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-ha-documentation/213110/3 "2020-01-23T21:05:13Z")

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