# Run Kibana as a service on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [February 22, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-a-service-on-windows/42359 "2016-02-22T06:55:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![arianayay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@arianayay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arianayay)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-a-service-on-windows/42359/1 "2016-02-22T06:55:43Z")
How can I run Kibana on my machine as a service so that I don't keep on pointing the folder and running it manually? I want to use a cURL syntax since it is what I'm using. ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-a-service-on-windows/42359/2 "2016-02-22T07:59:14Z")
Is [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29261809/elastic-kibana-install-as-windows-service](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29261809/elastic-kibana-install-as-windows-service) helpful? ---
**Author:** ![anhlqn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anhlqn/32/5454_2.png) [@anhlqn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anhlqn)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-a-service-on-windows/42359/3 "2016-02-22T18:47:18Z")
You can use nssm from [https://www.ulyaoth.net/resources/tutorial-install-logstash-and-kibana-on-a-windows-server.34/](https://www.ulyaoth.net/resources/tutorial-install-logstash-and-kibana-on-a-windows-server.34/) I use it to run both Logstash and Kibana as a service. ---
**Author:** ![arianayay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@arianayay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arianayay)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-a-service-on-windows/42359/4 "2016-02-26T07:04:30Z")
Hello anhlqn, have you tried every step in the link? will everything work in there? i encountered this error while doing the IIS "The server is configured to use pass-through authentication with a built-in account to access the specified physical path. However, IIS Manager cannot verify whether the built-in account has access. Make sure that the application pool identity has Read access to the physical path. If this server is joined to a domain, and the application pool identity is NetworkService or LocalSystem, verify that \$ has Read access to the physical path. Then test these settings again." ---
**Author:** ![anhlqn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anhlqn/32/5454_2.png) [@anhlqn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anhlqn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-a-service-on-windows/42359/5 "2016-02-28T07:12:13Z")
Unfortunately, you have to play with IIS proxy config to use it as a proxy for Kibana. ---
**Author:** ![arianayay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@arianayay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arianayay)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-a-service-on-windows/42359/6 "2016-02-29T01:19:09Z")
Hi anhlqn, I get this error although it will proceed but I'm not sure if it will work fine once it will be installed/run as a service on windows. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/c/c44ae024672b40cbdd7613522c68426d3283b33d.PNG) ---
**Author:** ![anhlqn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anhlqn/32/5454_2.png) [@anhlqn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/anhlqn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-a-service-on-windows/42359/7 "2016-03-01T17:51:08Z")
If you are interested in only running Kibana as a windows server, you can skip the IIS reverse proxy part. Just change the server IP in Kibana config to 0.0.0.0 or your server IP. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-a-service-on-windows/42359/8 "2017-07-06T14:00:41Z")