# Kibana is not starting **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [July 30, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-starting/142154 "2018-07-30T11:07:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roshan\_r](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roshan_r/32/9760_2.png) [@Roshan\_r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roshan_r)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-starting/142154/1 "2018-07-30T11:07:50Z")
I am trying to start Kibana. But it will never start. I dont see any logging also under /var/log/kibana. I can see the same kibana.yml works on my other system in live ---
**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:** [July 30, 2018, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-starting/142154/2 "2018-07-30T11:09:24Z")
What OS? What version? How did you install it? How are you starting it? ---
**Author:** ![Roshan\_r](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roshan_r/32/9760_2.png) [@Roshan\_r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roshan_r)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-starting/142154/3 "2018-07-30T11:21:21Z")
Hello. I have just fixed that problem. I am closing this topic now. However, i have to create an index in Kibana at the start. Can you help me in that? Should i close this topic and raise a new for that? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2018, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-is-not-starting/142154/4 "2018-08-27T11:21:30Z")
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