# Kibana server is not ready yet

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-ready-yet/343270>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-ready-yet/343270 "2023-09-18T13:55:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![emoxam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/emoxam/32/125661_2.png) [@emoxam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emoxam)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-ready-yet/343270/1 "2023-09-18T13:55:17Z")

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I got one host with elasticsearch and kibana, i don't want to use any ssl/tls.  
That's an error i got in logs now. How can i fix kibana ? It's web page shows me "Kibana server is not ready yet"

journalctl -efu kibana.service

> Sep 18 13:45:24 elastic-search kibana[219638]: [2023-09-18T13:45:24.968+00:00][ERROR][elasticsearch-service] Unable to retrieve version information from Elasticsearch nodes. security\_exception  
> Sep 18 13:45:24 elastic-search kibana[219638]: Root causes:  
> Sep 18 13:45:24 elastic-search kibana[219638]: security\_exception: unable to authenticate with provided credentials and anonymous access is not allowed for this reques

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-ready-yet/343270/2 "2023-09-18T14:06:31Z")

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Add credentials in kibana.yml

```auto
elasticsearch.username: "kibana_system"
elasticsearch.password: "<yourpass>"

```

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**Author:** ![emoxam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/emoxam/32/125661_2.png) [@emoxam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emoxam)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-ready-yet/343270/3 "2023-09-18T14:17:59Z")

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I am using elasticsearch.serviceAccountToken which i generated with

> /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-create-enrollment-token -s kibana

Isn't it the same ?

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-ready-yet/343270/4 "2023-09-18T20:20:36Z")

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Read [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-not-starting-after-making-service-account-changes-for-upgrade-to-8/297406).

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**Author:** ![emoxam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/emoxam/32/125661_2.png) [@emoxam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/emoxam)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-ready-yet/343270/5 "2023-09-19T06:38:25Z")

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I didn't understand. How it can be useful for me ?

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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:** [October 17, 2023, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-ready-yet/343270/6 "2023-10-17T06:38:51Z")

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