# Kibana with Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-elasticsearch/31991>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 12, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-elasticsearch/31991 "2015-10-12T09:17:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![krish0608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krish0608/32/6797_2.png) [@krish0608](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krish0608)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-elasticsearch/31991/1 "2015-10-12T09:17:44Z")

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On firing up Kibana which I configured to use my Found instance, I get the error: "Warning No default index pattern. You must select or create one to continue." How do I do that??/

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-elasticsearch/31991/2 "2015-10-12T09:18:09Z")

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Do you have indices in Elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![krish0608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krish0608/32/6797_2.png) [@krish0608](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krish0608)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-elasticsearch/31991/3 "2015-10-12T09:19:05Z")

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yes???I have 1 index present in my elasticsearch.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-elasticsearch/31991/4 "2015-10-12T09:19:46Z")

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And have you been through [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/setup.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/setup.html)

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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 5, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-with-elasticsearch/31991/5 "2017-07-05T23:45:24Z")

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