# Reg kibana UI - unable to view default index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reg-kibana-ui-unable-to-view-default-index/100328>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 13, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reg-kibana-ui-unable-to-view-default-index/100328 "2017-09-13T10:05:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![rajendar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rajendar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajendar)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reg-kibana-ui-unable-to-view-default-index/100328/1 "2017-09-13T10:05:39Z")

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Hi,  
I am using kibana 5.5.2 n elasticsearch 5.5.2. Data being pushed by fluentd to ES.  
My aim is to deploy different kibana docker instances per ES index.

I realized kibana as container, when i start my container after setting the default index as below  
curl -XPUT \ ***_/.kibana/index-pattern/_** -d '{"title" : "test", "timeFieldName": "@timestamp"}'  
curl -XPUT \*\*\*\*\*/.kibana/config/5.5.2 -d '{"defaultIndex" : "test"}'  
but I am unable to view index at Kibana UI, asking for initialize the index. However index available @ ES . ([http://ESURL/\_cat/indices](http://ESURL/_cat/indices))

Kindly guide to automate the process.

tq

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**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reg-kibana-ui-unable-to-view-default-index/100328/2 "2017-09-18T20:45:35Z")

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Hi Raj,

Your .kibana/index-pattern needs the mapping of all the fields. It doesn't look like you're adding that?

Maybe check out this post; [Visualization update with new fields](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/visualization-update-with-new-fields/100881/3)

Regards,  
Lee

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**Author:** ![rajendar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rajendar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajendar)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reg-kibana-ui-unable-to-view-default-index/100328/3 "2017-09-20T06:38:17Z")

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Hi Lee,  
Thanks for your mail. Let me explain in detail the steps i did.  
(i) Fluentd- populate data on elasticsearch with different index names based on record\_data  
(ii) Deployed kibana docker containerA (5.5.2) . When i access kibana url for first time, it prompts for  
"Configure index pattern".  
Proceeded n configured 2 patterns (eg: IP1, IP2) (Manually using UI, is there any way to automate  
the process before launching the container)?

My aim is to deploy  
a) kibana containerB - Displaying only details of IP1  
b) Kibana containerC - displaying only details of IP2

thanks and regards  
Raj

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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:** [October 18, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reg-kibana-ui-unable-to-view-default-index/100328/4 "2017-10-18T06:38:29Z")

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