# Kibana unable to connect to elastic search

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-connect-to-elastic-search/133918
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [May 30, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-connect-to-elastic-search/133918 "2018-05-30T17:23:01Z")
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Kibana unable to unable to connect to elasticsearch after installing search

I have added xpack.security.enabled: false in both kibana.yml and elasticsearch.yml

I am unable connect to the elastic search I don't see port 5601 up and running

kibana configuration

# Kibana is served by a back end server. This setting specifies the port to use.

server.port: 5601

# Specifies the address to which the Kibana server will bind. IP addresses and host names are both valid values.

# The default is 'localhost', which usually means remote machines will not be able to connect.

# To allow connections from remote users, set this parameter to a non-loopback address.

server.host: "10.169.95.54"  
#server.host: "localhost"

# Enables you to specify a path to mount Kibana at if you are running behind a proxy. This only affects

# the URLs generated by Kibana, your proxy is expected to remove the basePath value before forwarding requests

# to Kibana. This setting cannot end in a slash.

#server.basePath: ""

# The maximum payload size in bytes for incoming server requests.

#server.maxPayloadBytes: 1048576

# The Kibana server's name. This is used for display purposes.

#server.name: "your-hostname"

# The URL of the Elasticsearch instance to use for all your queries.

elasticsearch.url: "[http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)"

# When this setting's value is true Kibana uses the hostname specified in the server.host

# setting. When the value of this setting is false, Kibana uses the hostname of the host

# that connects to this Kibana instance.

#elasticsearch.preserveHost: true

# Kibana uses an index in Elasticsearch to store saved searches, visualizations and

# dashboards. Kibana creates a new index if the index doesn't already exist.

#kibana.index: ".kibana"

# The default application to load.

#kibana.defaultAppId: "home"  
xpack.security.enabled: false

# If your Elasticsearch is protected with basic authentication, these settings provide

# the username and password that the Kibana server uses to perform maintenance on the Kibana

# index at startup. Your Kibana users still need to authenticate with Elasticsearch, which

# is proxied through the Kibana server.

#elasticsearch.username: "user"  
#elasticsearch.password: "pass"

# Enables SSL and paths to the PEM-format SSL certificate and SSL key files, respectively.

# These settings enable SSL for outgoing requests from the Kibana server to the browser.

#server.ssl.enabled: false  
#server.ssl.certificate: /path/to/your/server.crt  
#server.ssl.key: /path/to/your/server.key

# Optional settings that provide the paths to the PEM-format SSL certificate and key files.

# These files validate that your Elasticsearch backend uses the same key files.

#elasticsearch.ssl.certificate: /path/to/your/client.crt  
#elasticsearch.ssl.key: /path/to/your/client.key

# Optional setting that enables you to specify a path to the PEM file for the certificate

# authority for your Elasticsearch instance.

#elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: ["/path/to/your/CA.pem"]

# To disregard the validity of SSL certificates, change this setting's value to 'none'.

#elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: full

# Time in milliseconds to wait for Elasticsearch to respond to pings. Defaults to the value of

# the elasticsearch.requestTimeout setting.

#elasticsearch.pingTimeout: 1500

# Time in milliseconds to wait for responses from the back end or Elasticsearch. This value

# must be a positive integer.

#elasticsearch.requestTimeout: 30000

# List of Kibana client-side headers to send to Elasticsearch. To send _no_ client-side

# headers, set this value to [] (an empty list).

#elasticsearch.requestHeadersWhitelist: [authorization]

# Header names and values that are sent to Elasticsearch. Any custom headers cannot be overwritten

# by client-side headers, regardless of the elasticsearch.requestHeadersWhitelist configuration.

#elasticsearch.customHeaders: {}

# Time in milliseconds for Elasticsearch to wait for responses from shards. Set to 0 to disable.

#elasticsearch.shardTimeout: 0

# Time in milliseconds to wait for Elasticsearch at Kibana startup before retrying.

#elasticsearch.startupTimeout: 5000

# Specifies the path where Kibana creates the process ID file.

#pid.file: /var/run/kibana.pid

# Enables you specify a file where Kibana stores log output.

#logging.dest: stdout

# Set the value of this setting to true to suppress all logging output.

#logging.silent: false

# Set the value of this setting to true to suppress all logging output other than error messages.

#logging.quiet: false

# Set the value of this setting to true to log all events, including system usage information

# and all requests.

#logging.verbose: false

# Set the interval in milliseconds to sample system and process performance

# metrics. Minimum is 100ms. Defaults to 5000.

#ops.interval: 5000

# The default locale. This locale can be used in certain circumstances to substitute any missing

# translations.

#i18n.defaultLocale: "en"

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elastic search configuration

# ======================== Elasticsearch Configuration =========================

# 

# NOTE: Elasticsearch comes with reasonable defaults for most settings.

# Before you set out to tweak and tune the configuration, make sure you

# understand what are you trying to accomplish and the consequences.

# 

# The primary way of configuring a node is via this file. This template lists

# the most important settings you may want to configure for a production cluster.

# 

# Please consult the documentation for further information on configuration options:

# [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/index.html)

# 

# ---------------------------------- Cluster -----------------------------------

# 

# Use a descriptive name for your cluster:

# 

#cluster.name: my-application

# 

# ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------

# 

# Use a descriptive name for the node:

# 

#node.name: node-1

# 

# Add custom attributes to the node:

# 

#node.attr.rack: r1

# 

# ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------

# 

# Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma):

# 

path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch

# 

# Path to log files:

# 

path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch

# 

# ----------------------------------- Memory -----------------------------------

# 

# Lock the memory on startup:

# 

#bootstrap.memory\_lock: true

# 

# Make sure that the heap size is set to about half the memory available

# on the system and that the owner of the process is allowed to use this

# limit.

# 

# Elasticsearch performs poorly when the system is swapping the memory.

# 

# ---------------------------------- Network -----------------------------------

# 

# Set the bind address to a specific IP (IPv4 or IPv6):

# 

#network.host: 127.0.0.40

# 

# Set a custom port for HTTP:

# 

http.port: 9200

# 

# For more information, consult the network module documentation.

# 

# --------------------------------- Discovery ----------------------------------

# 

# Pass an initial list of hosts to perform discovery when new node is started:

# The default list of hosts is ["127.0.0.1", "[::1]"]

# 

#discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: ["host1", "host2"]

# 

# Prevent the "split brain" by configuring the majority of nodes (total number of master-eligible nodes / 2 + 1):

# 

#discovery.zen.minimum\_master\_nodes:

# 

# For more information, consult the zen discovery module documentation.

# 

# ---------------------------------- Gateway -----------------------------------

# 

# Block initial recovery after a full cluster restart until N nodes are started:

# 

#gateway.recover\_after\_nodes: 3

# 

# For more information, consult the gateway module documentation.

# 

# ---------------------------------- Various -----------------------------------

# 

# Require explicit names when deleting indices:

# 

xpack.security.enabled: false  
#action.destructive\_requires\_name: true

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kibana.logs

I don't see any kibana logs i used the following command  
journalctl -u kibana.service  
-- Logs begin at Tue 2018-04-17 13:41:30 PDT, end at Wed 2018-05-30 10:20:55 PDT. --  
Apr 17 18:51:38 BVELKL03 systemd[1]: Started Kibana.  
Apr 17 18:51:38 BVELKL03 systemd[1]: Starting Kibana...  
Apr 17 18:51:44 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:51:44Z","tags":["status","plugin:kibana@6.2.3","info"],"pid":23060,"state":"green","m  
Apr 17 18:51:44 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:51:44Z","tags":["status","plugin:elasticsearch@6.2.3","info"],"pid":23060,"state":"ye  
Apr 17 18:51:44 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:51:44Z","tags":["status","plugin:console@6.2.3","info"],"pid":23060,"state":"green","  
Apr 17 18:51:44 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:51:44Z","tags":["status","plugin:timelion@6.2.3","info"],"pid":23060,"state":"green",  
Apr 17 18:51:44 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:51:44Z","tags":["status","plugin:metrics@6.2.3","info"],"pid":23060,"state":"green","  
Apr 17 18:51:44 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:51:44Z","tags":["listening","info"],"pid":23060,"message":"Server running at [http://1](http://1)  
Apr 17 18:51:44 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"log","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:51:44Z","tags":["status","plugin:elasticsearch@6.2.3","info"],"pid":23060,"state":"gr  
Apr 17 18:52:17 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:17Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/app  
Apr 17 18:52:17 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:17Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:52:17 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:17Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/ui/  
Apr 17 18:52:17 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:17Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:52:17 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:17Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:52:17 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:17Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:52:18 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:18Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:52:18 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:18Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/ui/  
Apr 17 18:52:18 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:18Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:52:20 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:20Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/api  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/plu  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/plu  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/plu  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/plu  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/ui/  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/plu  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/plu  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/plu  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/api  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/api  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/ui/  
Apr 17 18:52:21 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:52:21Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:53:31 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:53:31Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":200,"req":{"url":"/app  
Apr 17 18:53:31 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:53:31Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:53:31 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:53:31Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:53:31 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:53:31Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:53:31 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:53:31Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:53:31 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:53:31Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/ui/  
Apr 17 18:53:31 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:53:31Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/bun  
Apr 17 18:53:31 BVELKL03 kibana[23060]: {"type":"response","@timestamp":"2018-04-18T01:53:31Z","tags":[],"pid":23060,"method":"get","statusCode":304,"req":{"url":"/bun

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Hi,

First make sure elasticsearch is up and running. Whats the output of:  
`ps -ef | grep elasticsearch`

If you get something like this:  
`elastic+ 29265 1 99 15:34 ? 08:23:32 /usr/bin/java -Xms30g -Xmx30g -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -Xss1m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djna.nosys=true -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true -Dio.netty.`

Then elasticsearch is running. Then do: `telnet localhost 9200` and see if you can connect. The output will look similar to this:

> pjanzen@tb-clog-esd12:~$ telnet 10.80.3.22 9200  
> Trying 10.80.3.22...  
> Connected to 10.80.3.22.  
> Escape character is '^]'.

If that is all working you can start troubleshooting kibana...

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#### Post date: [May 30, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-connect-to-elastic-search/133918/5 "2018-05-30T21:05:36Z")

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elastic+ 19384 1 7 10:03 ? 00:18:06 /bin/java -Xms1g -Xmx1g -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch -Xss1m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Djna.nosys=true -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0 -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true -Djava.io.tmpdir=/tmp/elasticsearch.noUJFc4v -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath=/var/lib/elasticsearch -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime -Xloggc:/var/log/elasticsearch/gc.log -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=32 -XX:GCLogFileSize=64m -Des.path.home=/usr/share/elasticsearch -Des.path.conf=/etc/elasticsearch -cp /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/\* org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch -p /var/run/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.pid --quiet  
elastic+ 19517 19384 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/x-pack/x-pack-ml/platform/linux-x86\_64/bin/controller

this is the output

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#### Post date: [May 30, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-connect-to-elastic-search/133918/6 "2018-05-30T21:35:24Z")

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Cool, what about the telnet question I asked? did that work?

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#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-connect-to-elastic-search/133918/7 "2018-05-31T02:26:45Z")

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> [@sandeepnarla22322](#):
>
> elasticsearch.url: "[http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)"

change this to use ip not use localhost and try

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#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-connect-to-elastic-search/133918/8 "2018-05-31T14:37:41Z")

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telnet is not allowed in our environment  
here is the output of the curl

curl [http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)  
{  
"name" : "T4PB5b1",  
"cluster\_name" : "elasticsearch",  
"cluster\_uuid" : "8b2cGZizQauJ1-87NmdIfA",  
"version" : {  
"number" : "6.2.3",  
"build\_hash" : "c59ff00",  
"build\_date" : "2018-03-13T10:06:29.741383Z",  
"build\_snapshot" : false,  
"lucene\_version" : "7.2.1",  
"minimum\_wire\_compatibility\_version" : "5.6.0",  
"minimum\_index\_compatibility\_version" : "5.0.0"  
},  
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"  
}

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#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-connect-to-elastic-search/133918/9 "2018-06-28T14:37:42Z")

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