# Kibana unable to find Elasticsearch Indexes, even though they exist in Index Management

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-find-elasticsearch-indexes-even-though-they-exist-in-index-management/235096>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 31, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-find-elasticsearch-indexes-even-though-they-exist-in-index-management/235096 "2020-05-31T23:18:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlanMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alanmark/32/56292_2.png) [@AlanMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AlanMark)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-find-elasticsearch-indexes-even-though-they-exist-in-index-management/235096/1 "2020-05-31T23:18:51Z")

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I've set up an ELK server for a client for testing purposes.  
It's running on an Ubuntu 18.04 server.

**Current setup:**  
ElasticSearch, Logstash, FileBeat, Kibana all running latest versions.  
Elasticsearch is set to

```auto
network.host: 0.0.0.0 
discovery.seedhost: [] 
cluster.initial_master_nodes: []

```

FileBeat sends data into the default template using the command:

```auto
sudo filebeat setup --template -E output.logstash.enabled=false -E 'output.elasticsearch.hosts=["localhost:9200"]'

```

I am running an NGINX server on there as well that serves Kibana outside the localhost environment in which it operates.  
I am also using the default OpenSSH UFW firewall to allow all inbound/ouitbound traffic between my local IP at the office, and the cluster.

**The problem:**  
I can create indexes just fine using the elasticsearch api, and put data directly to the index. I can also see the Filebeat default dashboards. But when i go to the Kibana Settings page -\> Index Patterns all i see is this:  
" Couldn't find any Elasticsearch data  
You'll need to index some data into Elasticsearch before you can create an index pattern. Learn how or get started with some sample data sets."

 ![2020-06-01 01_00_46-Window](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/4/94195bf41ada26c2fbc412887a1bac9bc6196623.png)

If i try to cat all indexes i get this: (Blanked the clients name for anonymitys sake)

 ![2020-06-01 01_10_17-Window](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/6/36f90cf94d37761118fad6b29a5ac42272e3b74e.png)

I can see the indexes fine in the Elasticsearch -\> Index management tab as well:

 ![2020-06-01 01_14_06-Window](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/f/5f72df5c43fe5e9b2d5d17c4d0ff38eae9a229d5.png)

**The boot log for the Elasticservice looks fine:**

```auto
    ● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch
       Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
       Active: active (running) since Sun 2020-05-31 22:39:13 UTC; 36min ago
         Docs: https://www.elastic.co
     Main PID: 16201 (java)
        Tasks: 66 (limit: 4704)
       CGroup: /system.slice/elasticsearch.service
               ├─16201 /usr/share/elasticsearch/jdk/bin/java -Xshare:auto -Des.networkaddress.cache.ttl=60 -Des.networkaddress.cache.negative.ttl=10 -XX:+Alwa
               └─16412 /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/x-pack-ml/platform/linux-x86_64/bin/controller

    May 31 22:38:56 elastic systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch...
    May 31 22:39:13 elastic systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch.

```

I am a bit baffled at this point, as it's the first time i've seen this. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![rudolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rudolf/32/51200_2.png) [@rudolf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rudolf)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-find-elasticsearch-indexes-even-though-they-exist-in-index-management/235096/2 "2020-06-17T07:37:29Z")

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Do you know why your indices all show up with a yellow status?

Could you share a HAR capture after pressing "Check for new data" in the "Create index pattern" page?

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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 15, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-unable-to-find-elasticsearch-indexes-even-though-they-exist-in-index-management/235096/3 "2020-07-15T07:37:31Z")

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