# Kibana showing error while startup

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-showing-error-while-startup/179644>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 5, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-showing-error-while-startup/179644 "2019-05-05T03:38:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![pathri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pathri/32/54484_2.png) [@pathri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pathri)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-showing-error-while-startup/179644/1 "2019-05-05T03:38:10Z")

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Hi,

i am trying running kibana using ./bin/kibana and getting below error.

log [03:33:23.065] [fatal][root] Error: No unique release file found!  
at /home/switcrlh/elk/kibana-7.0.0-linux-x86\_64/node\_modules/getos/index.js:149:21  
at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:154:21)

FATAL Error: No unique release file found!

i am not able to find out the log file for this kibana starting related process.  
please help in starting this.

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**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-showing-error-while-startup/179644/2 "2019-05-10T13:19:29Z")

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What operating system are you running Kibana on?

What download package did you use? The tar.gz that you un-tarred? Or a .deb or .rpm package that you installed?

Also, if you're just getting started, you might want to go ahead and download the latest 7.0.1 builds.

Regards,  
Lee

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**Author:** ![pathri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pathri/32/54484_2.png) [@pathri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pathri)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-showing-error-while-startup/179644/3 "2019-05-11T15:58:45Z")

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running on ubuntu 16.04  
and it was kibana.7.0.1.tar.gz only which i un-tarred.

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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:** [June 8, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-showing-error-while-startup/179644/4 "2019-06-08T15:58:46Z")

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