# Metricbeat setup error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-setup-error/247671
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** metricbeat
**Created:** [September 6, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-setup-error/247671 "2020-09-06T11:51:06Z")
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### Author:  [@hanuman513](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hanuman513)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2020, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-setup-error/247671/1 "2020-09-06T11:51:07Z")
metricbeat setup --dashboards
Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable)
Exiting: fail to create the Kibana loader: Error creating Kibana client: Error creating Kibana client: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to /api/status fails: . Response: {"statusCode":404,"error":"Not Found","message":"Not Found"}.
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### Author:  [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-setup-error/247671/2 "2020-09-06T11:54:27Z")
Can you share your metricbeat confi (part for kibana setup) and get the output of http://your\_kibana\_host\_ip:5601/api/status from your browser
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### Author:  [@hanuman513](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hanuman513)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-setup-error/247671/3 "2020-09-06T12:10:18Z")
Metric beat yml file:
###################### Metricbeat Configuration Example #######################
# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The metricbeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/index.html)
#========================== Modules configuration ============================
metricbeat.config.modules:
# Glob pattern for configuration loading
path: ${path.config}/modules.d/\*.yml
# Set to true to enable config reloading
reload.enabled: false
# Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
#reload.period: 10s
#==================== Elasticsearch template setting ==========================
setup.template.settings:
index.number\_of\_shards: 1
index.codec: best\_compression
#\_source.enabled: false
#================================ General =====================================
# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:
# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]
# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
# env: staging
#============================== Dashboards =====================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here, or by using the `-setup` CLI flag or the `setup` command.
setup.dashboards.enabled: true
# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the [artifacts.elastic.co](http://artifacts.elastic.co)
# website.
#setup.dashboards.url:
#============================== 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](http://localhost:5601/path)
# IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
host: "[http://localhost:5601/app/kibana](http://localhost:5601/app/kibana)"
# Kibana Space ID
# ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
# the Default Space will be used.
#space.id:
#============================= Elastic Cloud ==================================
# These settings simplify using metricbeat with the Elastic Cloud ([https://cloud.elastic.co/](https://cloud.elastic.co/)).
# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:
# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `:`.
#cloud.auth:
#================================ Outputs =====================================
# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.
#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
# Array of hosts to connect to.
hosts: ["[http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)"]
# Enabled ilm (beta) to use index lifecycle management instead daily indices.
#ilm.enabled: false
# Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.
#protocol: "https"
#username: "elastic"
#password: "changeme"
#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------
#output.logstash:
# The Logstash hosts
#hosts: ["localhost:5044"]
# Optional SSL. By default is off.
# List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
#ssl.certificate\_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]
# Certificate for SSL client authentication
#ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"
# Client Certificate Key
#ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"
#================================ Processors =====================================
# Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.
processors:
- add\_host\_metadata: ~
- add\_cloud\_metadata: ~
#================================ Logging =====================================
# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug
logging.level: info
logging.to\_files: true
logging.files:
path: /opt/app/beats/metricbeat/logs
name: metricbeat.log
keepfiles: 3
# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["\*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["\*"]
#============================== Xpack Monitoring ===============================
# metricbeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster. This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch. The
# reporting is disabled by default.
# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#xpack.monitoring.enabled: false
# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well. Any setting that is not set is
# automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch output configuration, so if you
# have the Elasticsearch output configured, you can simply uncomment the
# following line.
#xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch:
kibana yml:
# Kibana is served by a back end server. This setting specifies the port to use.
server.port: 5601
# Specifies the address to which the Kibana server will bind. IP addresses and host names are both valid values.
# The default is 'localhost', which usually means remote machines will not be able to connect.
# To allow connections from remote users, set this parameter to a non-loopback address.
server.host: "localhost"
# Enables you to specify a path to mount Kibana at if you are running behind a proxy.
# Use the `server.rewriteBasePath` setting to tell Kibana if it should remove the basePath
# from requests it receives, and to prevent a deprecation warning at startup.
# This setting cannot end in a slash.
#server.basePath: ""
# Specifies whether Kibana should rewrite requests that are prefixed with
# `server.basePath` or require that they are rewritten by your reverse proxy.
# This setting was effectively always `false` before Kibana 6.3 and will
# default to `true` starting in Kibana 7.0.
#server.rewriteBasePath: false
# The maximum payload size in bytes for incoming server requests.
#server.maxPayloadBytes: 1048576
# The Kibana server's name. This is used for display purposes.
server.name: "dummyURL"
# The URLs of the Elasticsearch instances to use for all your queries.
elasticsearch.hosts: ["[http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)"]
# When this setting's value is true Kibana uses the hostname specified in the server.host
# setting. When the value of this setting is false, Kibana uses the hostname of the host
# that connects to this Kibana instance.
#elasticsearch.preserveHost: true
# Kibana uses an index in Elasticsearch to store saved searches, visualizations and
# dashboards. Kibana creates a new index if the index doesn't already exist.
kibana.index: ".kibana"
# The default application to load.
#kibana.defaultAppId: "home"
# If your Elasticsearch is protected with basic authentication, these settings provide
# the username and password that the Kibana server uses to perform maintenance on the Kibana
# index at startup. Your Kibana users still need to authenticate with Elasticsearch, which
# is proxied through the Kibana server.
#elasticsearch.username: "user"
#elasticsearch.password: "pass"
# Enables SSL and paths to the PEM-format SSL certificate and SSL key files, respectively.
# These settings enable SSL for outgoing requests from the Kibana server to the browser.
#server.ssl.enabled: false
#server.ssl.certificate: /path/to/your/server.crt
#server.ssl.key: /path/to/your/server.key
# Optional settings that provide the paths to the PEM-format SSL certificate and key files.
# These files validate that your Elasticsearch backend uses the same key files.
#elasticsearch.ssl.certificate: /path/to/your/client.crt
#elasticsearch.ssl.key: /path/to/your/client.key
# Optional setting that enables you to specify a path to the PEM file for the certificate
# authority for your Elasticsearch instance.
#elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: ["/path/to/your/CA.pem"]
# To disregard the validity of SSL certificates, change this setting's value to 'none'.
#elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: full
# Time in milliseconds to wait for Elasticsearch to respond to pings. Defaults to the value of
# the elasticsearch.requestTimeout setting.
#elasticsearch.pingTimeout: 1500
# Time in milliseconds to wait for responses from the back end or Elasticsearch. This value
# must be a positive integer.
#elasticsearch.requestTimeout: 30000
# List of Kibana client-side headers to send to Elasticsearch. To send _no_ client-side
# headers, set this value to (an empty list).
#elasticsearch.requestHeadersWhitelist: [authorization]
# Header names and values that are sent to Elasticsearch. Any custom headers cannot be overwritten
# by client-side headers, regardless of the elasticsearch.requestHeadersWhitelist configuration.
#elasticsearch.customHeaders: {}
# Time in milliseconds for Elasticsearch to wait for responses from shards. Set to 0 to disable.
#elasticsearch.shardTimeout: 30000
# Time in milliseconds to wait for Elasticsearch at Kibana startup before retrying.
#elasticsearch.startupTimeout: 5000
# Logs queries sent to Elasticsearch. Requires logging.verbose set to true.
#elasticsearch.logQueries: false
# Specifies the path where Kibana creates the process ID file.
#pid.file: /var/run/kibana.pid
# Enables you specify a file where Kibana stores log output.
#logging.dest: stdout
# Set the value of this setting to true to suppress all logging output.
#logging.silent: false
# Set the value of this setting to true to suppress all logging output other than error messages.
#logging.quiet: false
# Set the value of this setting to true to log all events, including system usage information
# and all requests.
#logging.verbose: false
# Set the interval in milliseconds to sample system and process performance
# metrics. Minimum is 100ms. Defaults to 5000.
#ops.interval: 5000
# Specifies locale to be used for all localizable strings, dates and number formats.
#i18n.locale: "en"
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error facing:
/usr/bin/metricbeat setup --dashboards
Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable)
Exiting: fail to create the Kibana loader: Error creating Kibana client: Error creating Kibana client: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to /api/status fails: . Response: {"statusCode":404,"error":"Not Found","message":"Not Found"}.
finally Kibana running and able to connect in web browser
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### Author:  [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-setup-error/247671/4 "2020-09-06T15:13:28Z")
The Kibana section should looks like this :
use `host: "http://localhost:5601"`
instead of `host: "http://localhost:5601/app/kibana"`
Check it [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/6.8/setup-kibana-endpoint.html)
```
# =================================== 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: "localhost:5601"
#username: "elastic"
#password: "changeme"
# Kibana Space ID
# ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
# the Default Space will be used.
#space.id:
```
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-setup-error/247671/5 "2020-09-06T21:29:09Z")
Please format your code/logs/config using the `` button, or markdown style back ticks. It helps to make things easy to read which helps us help you 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-setup-error/247671/6 "2020-10-04T21:29:10Z")
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