# No monitoring data found error. The .monitoring index is also not found
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-monitoring-data-found-error-the-monitoring-index-is-also-not-found/134072
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 31, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-monitoring-data-found-error-the-monitoring-index-is-also-not-found/134072 "2018-05-31T14:31:35Z")
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### Author:  [@vnallamothu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vnallamothu)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-monitoring-data-found-error-the-monitoring-index-is-also-not-found/134072/1 "2018-05-31T14:31:35Z")
I am seeing the error "No monitoring data found" since I've installed Kibana 6.2. Can anyone help me with this?
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### Author:  [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-monitoring-data-found-error-the-monitoring-index-is-also-not-found/134072/2 "2018-05-31T16:33:35Z")
Hi, is your monitoring data in the same cluster that Kibana is connected to?
- If it is, that means that the cluster configured as `elasticsearch.url` in kibana.yml is the cluster with monitoring data. But as you say in the title, the `.monitoring-*` indices don't exist in that cluster
- If your monitoring data is in a different cluster, give the address of the dedicated monitoring cluster as `xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.url` in kibana.yml.
Your monitoring data will be in a dedicated monitoring cluster if the Elasticsearch nodes are configured to export the monitoring data remotely. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/monitoring-settings.html#http-exporter-settings](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/monitoring-settings.html#http-exporter-settings)
If your Elasticsearch nodes do not have remote exporters for monitoring data configured, check the Elasticsearch logs to see if there are any errors related to monitoring data collection.
BTW Kibana 6.4 doesn't exist 😃
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### Author:  [@vnallamothu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vnallamothu)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-monitoring-data-found-error-the-monitoring-index-is-also-not-found/134072/3 "2018-05-31T16:42:02Z")
I'm pretty new to this. BTW 6.4 is a typo. The Elasticsearch is installed on different cluster. The xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.url is directed to my Elasticsearch cluster itself in my kibana.yml file. Also, can you please let me know where can I find Elasticsearch logs.
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-monitoring-data-found-error-the-monitoring-index-is-also-not-found/134072/4 "2018-06-28T16:42:08Z")
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