# Plugin installation was unsuccessful due to error Plugin kibanaPrometheusExporter \[7.17.0\] is incompatible with Kibana \[7.17.15\]

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-plugin-kibanaprometheusexporter-7-17-0-is-incompatible-with-kibana-7-17-15/350231>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting, kql-kibana-query-language, kibana-plugin-development\
**Created:** [January 2, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-plugin-kibanaprometheusexporter-7-17-0-is-incompatible-with-kibana-7-17-15/350231 "2024-01-02T11:57:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Domnic\_Raj\_D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/domnic_raj_d/32/126492_2.png) [@Domnic\_Raj\_D](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Domnic_Raj_D)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-plugin-kibanaprometheusexporter-7-17-0-is-incompatible-with-kibana-7-17-15/350231/1 "2024-01-02T11:57:58Z")

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I have upgraded Kibana to version 7.17.15 in our environment, but I cannot find the Kibana Prometheus Exporter version 7.17.15 on the GitHub page. I attempted versions 7.17.0 and the latest patch version, but encountered an incompatible error. Can you assist us in finding a compatible version for Kibana 7.17.15, as I couldn't locate a release for this specific version?

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**Author:** ![Domnic\_Raj\_D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/domnic_raj_d/32/126492_2.png) [@Domnic\_Raj\_D](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Domnic_Raj_D)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-plugin-kibanaprometheusexporter-7-17-0-is-incompatible-with-kibana-7-17-15/350231/2 "2024-01-02T12:15:21Z")

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@pjhampton Could you please help.

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-plugin-kibanaprometheusexporter-7-17-0-is-incompatible-with-kibana-7-17-15/350231/3 "2024-01-02T13:18:59Z")

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> [@Domnic\_Raj\_D](#):
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> Can you assist us in finding a compatible version for Kibana 7.17.15, as I couldn't locate a release for this specific version?

Looking at the github of the project I don't think it exists.

Also, according to this [issue](https://github.com/pjhampton/kibana-prometheus-exporter/issues/344) this project will be discontinued in the end of this month.

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**Author:** ![Domnic\_Raj\_D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/domnic_raj_d/32/126492_2.png) [@Domnic\_Raj\_D](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Domnic_Raj_D)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-plugin-kibanaprometheusexporter-7-17-0-is-incompatible-with-kibana-7-17-15/350231/4 "2024-01-02T16:28:56Z")

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Currently, our monitoring metrics are failing. Is there an alternative approach, or how can we resolve the issue and get them running?  
@leandrojmp @pjhampton

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-plugin-kibanaprometheusexporter-7-17-0-is-incompatible-with-kibana-7-17-15/350231/5 "2024-01-02T19:09:57Z")

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> [@Domnic\_Raj\_D](#):
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> Is there an alternative approach, or how can we resolve the issue and get them running?

Unfortunatelly I can not help as I do not use Prometheus to monitor Kibana, I use metricbeat.

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**Author:** ![Domnic\_Raj\_D](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/domnic_raj_d/32/126492_2.png) [@Domnic\_Raj\_D](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Domnic_Raj_D)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-plugin-kibanaprometheusexporter-7-17-0-is-incompatible-with-kibana-7-17-15/350231/6 "2024-01-03T07:36:18Z")

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@leandrojmp Could you please provide me with the link or steps to monitor Kibana using Metricbeat? We are exploring alternative approaches as we currently use Kibana Prometheus Exporter for all our servers.

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-plugin-kibanaprometheusexporter-7-17-0-is-incompatible-with-kibana-7-17-15/350231/7 "2024-01-03T12:44:55Z")

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This is documented, you can follow the [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/monitoring-metricbeat.html)

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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:** [January 31, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-plugin-kibanaprometheusexporter-7-17-0-is-incompatible-with-kibana-7-17-15/350231/8 "2024-01-31T12:45:09Z")

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