# Kibana issue with PEM format

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-issue-with-pem-format/246356
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [August 25, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-issue-with-pem-format/246356 "2020-08-25T20:24:01Z")
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### Author: ![ManuelF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@ManuelF](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ManuelF)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2020, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-issue-with-pem-format/246356/2 "2020-08-25T21:01:38Z")

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**Update:**

I was able to confirm that Kibana support PKCS#12 format, so I won't need the PEM format.

> [@Certificate format for Kibana](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/certificate-format-for-kibana/246329):
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> Hi, Note: Running ELK 7.9 I am trying to configure TLS in Kibana to try out the Alerts beta feature. By following the [official documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.9/configuring-tls.html), the bin/elasticsearch-certutil csr tool will generate a cert in PEM format, but in the same article (step 2.b) it looks like I could (somehow) generate the cert in PKCS#12 format. Also in the same article you can find the following in the 3rd paragraph: Kibana supports certificates and private keys in PEM or PKCS#12 format In this other [thread](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-elasticsearch-use-pkcs-12-while-kibana-needs-pem/161756/2) is exp…

I believe there's still an issue with the PEM format and Kibana that might be affecting other users, so ELK team, please feel free to just close this thread or to continue investigating for those who might need a solution.

Thank you

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