# Kibana server is not starting

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-starting/238412>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 24, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-starting/238412 "2020-06-24T09:07:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sid99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sid99/32/70985_2.png) [@sid99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sid99)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-starting/238412/1 "2020-06-24T09:07:02Z")

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I am getting the above error logs. What should I do to start Kibana?

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**Author:** ![NerdSec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nerdsec/32/22056_2.png) [@NerdSec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NerdSec)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-starting/238412/2 "2020-06-24T09:14:16Z")

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Hi Siddhant,

Elasticsearch is not running. Can you ensure it is running and listening on localhost?

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**Author:** ![sid99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sid99/32/70985_2.png) [@sid99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sid99)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-starting/238412/3 "2020-06-24T09:34:19Z")

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I restarted Elasticsearch again. While checking the status of kibana.service, I encountered the following logs:

 ![Screenshot (265)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/2/f29efd0f7f8d44105d70fb156d0f86cdfee5ba34.png)

I think Kibana 7.8 is incompatible with Elasticsearch 7.7.1

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**Author:** ![NerdSec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nerdsec/32/22056_2.png) [@NerdSec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NerdSec)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-starting/238412/4 "2020-06-24T13:11:09Z")

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Not sure on the compatibility. Should work. But try using same versions.

Also, avoid posting screenshots of errors in the forums, it is not easy to read.

cheers!

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**Author:** ![sid99](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sid99/32/70985_2.png) [@sid99](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sid99)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-starting/238412/5 "2020-06-24T16:32:49Z")

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The issue is solved. I simply updated Elasticsearch v7.7.1 to 7.8 and it worked. Thanks for the help.

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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 22, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-server-is-not-starting/238412/6 "2020-07-22T16:39:03Z")

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