# Kibana not starting after configuring with shield

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-after-configuring-with-shield/51047>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 26, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-after-configuring-with-shield/51047 "2016-05-26T11:02:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Abhishek\_Chaudhary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Abhishek\_Chaudhary](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abhishek_Chaudhary)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-after-configuring-with-shield/51047/1 "2016-05-26T11:02:55Z")

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I have done all the steps given in below link except 4 and 5 which is not necessary:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/kibana.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/kibana.html)

Now i my kibana server is not starting .

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**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:** [May 26, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-after-configuring-with-shield/51047/2 "2016-05-26T21:42:21Z")

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What do your logs show?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-after-configuring-with-shield/51047/3 "2017-07-06T13:52:11Z")

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