# Loadbalancing config in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalancing-config-in-kibana/333464>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 15, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalancing-config-in-kibana/333464 "2023-05-15T13:24:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![zaeemmasood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zaeemmasood/32/102383_2.png) [@zaeemmasood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zaeemmasood)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalancing-config-in-kibana/333464/1 "2023-05-15T13:24:47Z")

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Hi All,

Filebeat output has an ability to be configured with load balancing config as follows:

```auto
output.logstash:

  hosts: ["hostA:5044","hostB:5044","hostC:5044"]
  loadbalance: true

```

Do we have a similar set up for Kibana where Kibana connects to the available Elasticsearch?

Kibana output is as follows:

```auto
elasticsearch.hosts: 
   - http://hostA:9200
   - http://hostB:9200
   - http://hostC:9200

```

Please guide

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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:** [May 16, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalancing-config-in-kibana/333464/2 "2023-05-16T00:25:35Z")

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It doesn't load balance, no, it's used for fail over in case one of the nodes cannot be contacted.

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**Author:** ![zaeemmasood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zaeemmasood/32/102383_2.png) [@zaeemmasood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zaeemmasood)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalancing-config-in-kibana/333464/3 "2023-05-16T03:29:01Z")

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Thanks @warkolm

Sorry I meant failover.

In my case Kibana does not fail over to a healthy node and I am not able to login to Kibana if a node goes down.

Is there a special tag which needs to be defined to enable failover?

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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:** [May 16, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalancing-config-in-kibana/333464/4 "2023-05-16T03:29:51Z")

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Can you make a new topic for that, include things like your full configs and the Elasticsearch and Kibana logs. It makes it easier to help 🙂

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**Author:** ![zaeemmasood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zaeemmasood/32/102383_2.png) [@zaeemmasood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zaeemmasood)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalancing-config-in-kibana/333464/5 "2023-05-16T13:31:36Z")

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thanks @warkolm

Created [KIbana failover to a healthy ES node](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-failover-to-a-healthy-es-node/333574)

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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 13, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/loadbalancing-config-in-kibana/333464/6 "2023-06-13T13:31:43Z")

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