# Kibana plugin development - server changes

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-server-changes/216268>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 23, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-server-changes/216268 "2020-01-23T14:28:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![dreszczyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dreszczyk/32/61292_2.png) [@dreszczyk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dreszczyk)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-server-changes/216268/1 "2020-01-23T14:28:04Z")

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hello there

I'm developing a plugin for kibana which would query elastic and display the data just like the dashboard, but in a slightly different way.  
I figured that i need to use a server in kibana to communicate with elastic (something like a proxy), but when im making changes to the server files it doesnt update.  
I see changes only when I restart the kibana dev server, and that takes some time, is there any way around it?

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**Author:** ![dreszczyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dreszczyk/32/61292_2.png) [@dreszczyk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dreszczyk)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-server-changes/216268/2 "2020-01-23T14:33:07Z")

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I'm running kibana from the plugin directory using `npm run start`

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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-server-changes/216268/3 "2020-01-23T21:49:45Z")

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[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/plugin-development.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/plugin-development.html) There is detailed guide here. Hope this helps.

Thanks  
Rashmi

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**Author:** ![dreszczyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dreszczyk/32/61292_2.png) [@dreszczyk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dreszczyk)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-server-changes/216268/4 "2020-01-23T23:00:09Z")

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I'm sorry, but there is literally zero information about the building process. It seems like the front-end side js files are loaded on the fly but the server side is not.

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**Author:** ![dreszczyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dreszczyk/32/61292_2.png) [@dreszczyk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dreszczyk)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-server-changes/216268/5 "2020-01-24T12:14:01Z")

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Ok, I just discovered it by accident... If you hit `ENTER` in the terminal that runs kibana dev server it will restart the backend server without terminating the whole dev build.

Shame that its not documented.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/1/b1fa185b83ba2ef61fcaade0c47d3547f0f23875.png)

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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:** [February 21, 2020, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-plugin-development-server-changes/216268/6 "2020-02-21T12:14:05Z")

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