# Kibana not started after activated xpack.security **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-security\ **Created:** [June 11, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-started-after-activated-xpack-security/275710 "2021-06-11T18:42:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilya\_21bA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@Ilya\_21bA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilya_21bA)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-started-after-activated-xpack-security/275710/1 "2021-06-11T18:42:20Z")
After activated xpack.security in elastic.yml kibana crash Logs: ```auto {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:28:44+03:00","tags":["debug","plugins-discovery"],"pid":7360,"message":"Successfully discovered plugin \"consoleExtensions\" at \"C:\\ELK2\\kibana-7.13.1-windows-x86_64\\x-pack\\plugins\\console_extensions\""} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:28:44+03:00","tags":["debug","plugins-discovery"],"pid":7360,"message":"Successfully discovered plugin \"crossClusterReplication\" at \"C:\\ELK2\\kibana-7.13.1-windows-x86_64\\x-pack\\plugins\\cross_cluster_replication\""} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:28:44+03:00","tags":["debug","plugins-discovery"],"pid":7360,"message":"Successfully discovered plugin \"dashboardEnhanced\" at \"C:\\ELK2\\kibana-7.13.1-windows-x86_64\\x-pack\\plugins\\dashboard_enhanced\""} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:28:44+03:00","tags":["debug","plugins-discovery"],"pid":7360,"message":"Successfully discovered plugin \"dataEnhanced\" at \"C:\\ELK2\\kibana-7.13.1-windows-x86_64\\x-pack\\plugins\\data_enhanced\""} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: path"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: csp"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: elasticsearch"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: externalUrl"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: logging"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: server"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: plugins"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: kibana"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: savedObjects"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: migrations"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: uiSettings"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: ops"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: status"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: pid"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","config"],"pid":11852,"message":"Marking config path as handled: i18n"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","root"],"pid":11852,"message":"setting up root"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","server"],"pid":11852,"message":"setting up server"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","environment"],"pid":11852,"message":"Resuming persistent Kibana instance UUID: 36c4068f-1d7b-4d4a-a3e2-5bcd8a5016ce"} {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-06-11T21:29:13+03:00","tags":["debug","plugins-discovery"],"pid":11852,"message":"Discovering plugins..."} ``` I added a user in the security settings: I created keys with a username and password I did the following > xpack.security.enabled: true > in elastic.yml ```auto [elastic@node1 ~]$ ./elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-setup-passwords interactive Initiating the setup of passwords for reserved users elastic,apm_system,kibana,logstash_system,beats_system,remote_monitoring_user. You will be prompted to enter passwords as the process progresses. Please confirm that you would like to continue [y/N]y Enter password for [elastic]: Reenter password for [elastic]: Enter password for [apm_system]: Reenter password for [apm_system]: Enter password for [kibana]: Reenter password for [kibana]: Enter password for [logstash_system]: Reenter password for [logstash_system]: Enter password for [beats_system]: Reenter password for [beats_system]: Enter password for [remote_monitoring_user]: Reenter password for [remote_monitoring_user]: Changed password for user [apm_system] Changed password for user [kibana] Changed password for user [logstash_system] Changed password for user [beats_system] Changed password for user [remote_monitoring_user] Changed password for user [elastic] ``` > [elastic@node1 ~]$ ./kibana/bin/kibana-keystore add elasticsearch.username > [elastic@node1 ~]$ ./kibana/bin/kibana-keystore add elasticsearch.password After these actions everything broke, I want to configure the user to log in to the cab and then create roles, ELK I just installed ---
**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-started-after-activated-xpack-security/275710/2 "2021-06-14T14:21:11Z")
there isn't any error or crash in those kibana logs? Can you look for others? This is a guide for minimal security: [Set up minimal security for Elasticsearch | Elasticsearch Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/security-minimal-setup.html) ---
**Author:** ![Ilya\_21bA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@Ilya\_21bA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilya_21bA)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-started-after-activated-xpack-security/275710/3 "2021-06-15T08:16:43Z")
there are no errors, but it constantly restarts... ---
**Author:** ![Ilya\_21bA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@Ilya\_21bA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilya_21bA)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-started-after-activated-xpack-security/275710/4 "2021-06-15T08:21:02Z")
I suspect it's because Kibana can't see the elastic but I don't know why ---
**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:** [June 16, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-started-after-activated-xpack-security/275710/5 "2021-06-16T00:21:09Z")
Please show more of your logs, there's nothing in the section above that shows that it's restarting. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya\_21bA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@Ilya\_21bA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilya_21bA)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-started-after-activated-xpack-security/275710/6 "2021-06-17T14:01:44Z")
he problem was solved, thank you for your help ---
**Author:** ![Ilya\_21bA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b77776/32.png) [@Ilya\_21bA](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ilya_21bA)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-started-after-activated-xpack-security/275710/7 "2021-06-17T14:12:52Z")
I solved this problem by creating users only for Elastic, I did not create the Kibana key store ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-started-after-activated-xpack-security/275710/8 "2021-07-15T14:13:24Z")
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