# Kibana4: Authentication Exception **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [January 13, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063 "2016-01-13T07:01:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![krushnat\_khawale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krushnat_khawale/32/6652_2.png) [@krushnat\_khawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krushnat_khawale)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/1 "2016-01-13T07:01:41Z")
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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/2 "2016-01-13T08:13:18Z")
Anything interesting in the Kibana logs? ---
**Author:** ![krushnat\_khawale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krushnat_khawale/32/6652_2.png) [@krushnat\_khawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krushnat_khawale)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/3 "2016-01-13T09:02:56Z")
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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:** [January 13, 2016, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/4 "2016-01-13T10:40:50Z")
Please don't just post pictures and assume everyone can 1) see them and 2) know's what you want. It's rather rude. ---
**Author:** ![krushnat\_khawale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krushnat_khawale/32/6652_2.png) [@krushnat\_khawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krushnat_khawale)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/5 "2016-01-13T11:33:18Z")
Hi, @warkolm, Thanks for your comments, I wasn't being rude, @magnusbaeck was asking for logs and I just posted. Here I put it, ``` I am working with elasticsearch and kibana, I wanted to provide ROLE based access to Kibana users, so that only required dashboards would be accessed. I've followed [steps given in](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/kibana.html) I've also created users and assigned roles to them. When I am opening Kibana in browser, initially it was giving STATUS: RED as shown in above image. After restarting kibana now I am able to start kibana, It also asks me to enter user credentials but when I submit credentials, it just shows a blank page with a message "Index Patterns: Please specify a default index pattern" as show below, ``` ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/e/e6807360f8af5d5ec178b5ff7f7ac5df36dbe2c7.png) When I click on **More Info** it shows, ``` Error: Please specify a default index pattern at http://localhost:5601/bundles/kibana.bundle.js:97016:16 at processQueue (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:42339:29) at http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:42355:28 at Scope.$eval (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:43583:29) at Scope.$digest (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:43394:32) at Scope.$apply (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:43691:25) at HTMLDocument. (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:39820:25) at HTMLDocument.jQuery.event.dispatch (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:22721:10) at HTMLDocument.elemData.handle (http://localhost:5601/bundles/commons.bundle.js:22407:29) ``` ---
**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:** [January 13, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/6 "2016-01-13T21:17:26Z")
Did you create an index pattern, as per [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/setup.html#connect). ---
**Author:** ![krushnat\_khawale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krushnat_khawale/32/6652_2.png) [@krushnat\_khawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krushnat_khawale)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/7 "2016-01-14T05:01:46Z")
@warkolm ``` It doesn't allow me to do that, when I start kibana, It just comes up with the above message "Please specify a default index pattern" ``` ---
**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:** [January 14, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/8 "2016-01-14T05:44:06Z")
So you can't get to settings to create a pattern? ---
**Author:** ![krushnat\_khawale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krushnat_khawale/32/6652_2.png) [@krushnat\_khawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krushnat_khawale)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/9 "2016-01-14T05:51:39Z")
Yes, I'm not able to create index pattern. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2016, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/10 "2016-01-14T07:21:19Z")
I understand that, but you cannot even get to the Settings section in Kibana? ---
**Author:** ![krushnat\_khawale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krushnat_khawale/32/6652_2.png) [@krushnat\_khawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krushnat_khawale)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/11 "2016-01-14T07:29:31Z")
Yes, I can't go to settings. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2016, 7:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/12 "2016-01-14T07:30:47Z")
What happens if you try to go their directly - `http://localhost:5601/app/kibana#/settings`? ---
**Author:** ![krushnat\_khawale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krushnat_khawale/32/6652_2.png) [@krushnat\_khawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krushnat_khawale)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/13 "2016-01-14T08:13:59Z")
If go to any of the tab Discover, Visualize, Dashboard or Settings, it comes with the same message. **Please specify a default index pattern** ---
**Author:** ![krushnat\_khawale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krushnat_khawale/32/6652_2.png) [@krushnat\_khawale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krushnat_khawale)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/14 "2016-01-14T08:18:51Z")
Hi @warkolm , what does it mean by providing credentials in kibana.yml file elasticsearch.username: kibana4-server elasticsearch.password: password because even though I specify here in kibana.yml file, still it asks on load of "localhost:5601" and logs in with other uses too. ---
**Author:** ![sukesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sukesh/32/10890_2.png) [@sukesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sukesh)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/15 "2016-07-20T07:48:10Z")
HI krushnat, i have got the same exception like what you have got and like what you have mentioned in the first two images ! did you find any solution for that? if you please reply for this ---
**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/16 "2016-07-20T17:55:52Z")
@sukesh: Can you open the console and see if there are any Javascript errors? In Chrome: _View_ \> _Developer_ \> _Javascript Console_ What version of Kibana are you running? ---
**Author:** ![sukesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sukesh/32/10890_2.png) [@sukesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sukesh)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/17 "2016-07-21T05:31:48Z")
kibana 4.5.0 iam using , there is no javascript error ---
**Author:** ![Vishal\_Sharma1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vishal_sharma1/32/20207_2.png) [@Vishal\_Sharma1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vishal_Sharma1)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/18 "2016-08-15T19:07:54Z")
is this solved ? ---
**Author:** ![sukesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sukesh/32/10890_2.png) [@sukesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sukesh)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/19 "2016-08-17T04:52:59Z")
Yes it was solved @Vishal_Sharma1 ---
**Author:** ![Ming-der\_Wang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ming-der_wang/32/12666_2.png) [@Ming-der\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ming-der_Wang)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063/20 "2016-10-24T04:12:27Z")
How do you resolved? It happen to me too, when I add shield plugin. I also changed kibana.yml but not working. [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana4-authentication-exception/39063.md?page=2)