# Open kibana port to internet

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-kibana-port-to-internet/273239>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [May 18, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-kibana-port-to-internet/273239 "2021-05-18T07:03:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mik\_a](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mik_a/32/78256_2.png) [@Mik\_a](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mik_a)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-kibana-port-to-internet/273239/1 "2021-05-18T07:03:26Z")

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I have restricted access by IP. Now I want to open Kibana to the internet. But only that port, not elasticsearch etc.  
There seem not to be an option for thst in the security section, nor did I find any discussion on this. Can you please help me?

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-kibana-port-to-internet/273239/2 "2021-05-18T16:24:10Z")

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Kibana, by default, uses port 5601, which is separate from Elasticsearch. Often times Elasticsearch isn't even on the same machine.

You can set `sever.host` to your IP or `0.0.0.0` to bind to everything.

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**Author:** ![Mik\_a](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mik_a/32/78256_2.png) [@Mik\_a](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mik_a)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-kibana-port-to-internet/273239/3 "2021-05-19T06:03:29Z")

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How? There is only one security setting and that covers the whole Elastic cloud.

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-kibana-port-to-internet/273239/4 "2021-05-19T13:04:05Z")

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I didn't realize this was regarding Cloud. Your best path would be to open a support request there.

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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 16, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/open-kibana-port-to-internet/273239/5 "2021-06-16T13:04:30Z")

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