# Kibana Server :Authentication Exception

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-authentication-exception/55947>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 20, 2016, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-authentication-exception/55947 "2016-07-20T07:10:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-authentication-exception/55947/13 "2016-07-27T05:07:56Z")

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It looks like you are cross posting the same question across multiple topics, please keep the questions to a single topic and it can be moved if needed.

> [@Kibana Server :Authentication Exception](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-authentication-exception/55947/12):
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> Yes i was, i installed shield plugin for both kibana and elasticsearch

> [@Not able enter into the kibana with correct credentials](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-enter-into-the-kibana-with-correct-credentials/56281):
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> Hi , i activated the kibana , asking username and password , if i enter wrong credentials it is throwing invalid username password please give me the solution for this! but if it is correct not able enter into the kibana

> [@Elasticsearch authentication failed error](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-authentication-failed-error/52952):
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> I am using elasticsearch 2.3.3 , kibana 4.5 and shield for both. I set up everything in kibana.yml My kibana.yml file is pasted below. I am getting an error while running kibana.bat log [22:22:16.344] [error][status][plugin:elasticsearch] Status changed from yellow to red - Authentication Exception I followed the steps as mentioned in[this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shield-configuration/45098) post. Can anyone please help? Kibana is served by a back end server. This controls which port to use. server.port: 5601 The host to bind the server to. …

If you access the Elasticsearch directly and provide the basic authentication with your credentials - do they work?

[http://localhost:9200/.kibana/\_search?pretty=true&q=\*:](http://localhost:9200/.kibana/_search?pretty=true&q=*:)\*

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