# Metricbeat issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-issue/278743>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [July 15, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-issue/278743 "2021-07-15T06:25:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![raj\_mouriya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raj_mouriya/32/86259_2.png) [@raj\_mouriya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raj_mouriya)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-issue/278743/1 "2021-07-15T06:25:20Z")

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Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to [https://localhost:5601/api/status](https://localhost:5601/api/status) fails: fail to execute the HTTP GET request: Get "[https://localhost:5601/api/status](https://localhost:5601/api/status)": dial tcp [::1]:5601: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.. Response: .

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**Author:** ![MarianaD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marianad/32/42687_2.png) [@MarianaD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MarianaD)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-issue/278743/2 "2021-07-16T09:07:23Z")

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hi @raj_mouriya , looks like Metricbeat is not able to access Kibana, can you check if the endpoint [https://localhost:5601/](https://localhost:5601/) is up and running?

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**Author:** ![raj\_mouriya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raj_mouriya/32/86259_2.png) [@raj\_mouriya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/raj_mouriya)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-issue/278743/3 "2021-07-18T14:20:30Z")

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yes [https://localhost:5601/](https://localhost:5601/) is up and running

2021-07-18T19:44:39.968+0530 ERROR instance/beat.go:989 Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: can not convert 'object' into 'string' accessing 'setup.kibana.host' (source:'metricbeat.yml')  
Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: can not convert 'object' into 'string' accessing 'setup.kibana.host' (source:'metricbeat.yml')

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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:** [August 15, 2021, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-issue/278743/4 "2021-08-15T16:21:20Z")

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