# Plugin installation failure

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-failure/63422>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 19, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-failure/63422 "2016-10-19T16:40:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-failure/63422/4 "2016-10-20T15:42:23Z")

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The `server.basePath` setting should only be used if you're running Kibana behind a proxy or something that changes the root of Kibana to something other than `/`. And, as the instructions say:

> The basePath can't end in a slash.

So your configuration is actually invalid, which is why you're seeing this error.

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