# Metricbeat dashboards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-dashboards/156933>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [November 15, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-dashboards/156933 "2018-11-15T19:37:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ELE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9a140/32.png) [@ELE](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ELE)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-dashboards/156933/1 "2018-11-15T19:37:08Z")

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Hi,

I'm trying to loads the dashboards from the Metricbeat package to kibana  
From some reason I'm getting the following error

Why it fail to contact Kibana ?

[root@skyeuropeelk metricbeat]# metricbeat setup --dashboards  
Exiting: Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to create the Kibana loader: Error creating Kibana client: fail to get the Kibana version:HTTP GET request to /api/status fails: fail to execute the HTTP GET request: Get [http://localhost:5601/api/status:](http://localhost:5601/api/status:) dial tcp 127.0.0.1:5601: getsockopt: connection refused. Response: .

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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:** [November 16, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-dashboards/156933/2 "2018-11-16T00:22:32Z")

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Where does Kibana live?

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**Author:** ![Tek\_Chand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tek_chand/32/34318_2.png) [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-dashboards/156933/3 "2018-11-16T05:41:01Z")

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@ELE, Your kibana dashboard should be reachable from that server from where you are trying to setup metricbeat dashboards. You need to define the kibana IP or domain name in `metricbeat.yml` file.

check the below part in your `metricbeat.yml` file

```auto
#============================== Kibana =====================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  host: "Your_Kibana_server_IP:5601"

```

Thanks.

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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:** [December 14, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-dashboards/156933/4 "2018-12-14T05:41:02Z")

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