# Running kibana as a service on Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [January 18, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-kibana-as-a-service-on-linux/72021 "2017-01-18T14:10:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aviral\_srivastava](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aviral_srivastava/32/98018_2.png) [@aviral\_srivastava](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aviral_srivastava)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-kibana-as-a-service-on-linux/72021/1 "2017-01-18T14:10:42Z")
elasticsearch-2.1.1 kibana-4.3.0 OS: Linux I used putty to remotely install kibana on linux machine as follows:- 1. Download the kibana 4.3.0 tar curl -L -O [https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-5.1.2-linux-x86\_64.tar.gz2](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-5.1.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz2). Extract it tar -xvf kibana-4.3.0-linux-x64.tar.gz 2. Added server.port, server.host, elasticsearch.url in kibana.yml 3. After that I started elasticsearch as:- ./kibana Now, how do I need to run it as a service.?? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-kibana-as-a-service-on-linux/72021/2 "2017-01-18T19:51:19Z")
Hi Aviral, It's probably possible to complete what you're trying to do, but there's a much easier way. 1. Go to [https://www.elastic.co/downloads/kibana](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/kibana) and download the Linux package appropriate for your Linux distribution. For example, on Ubuntu 64-bit you would get the `.deb` package [https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-5.1.2-amd64.deb](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-5.1.2-amd64.deb) On Redhat or CentOS you would get the `.rpm` package. 2. Install the package (as root). On Ubuntu `dpkg -i ` On Redhat or CentOS `yum install -y ` 3. same steps as above for Elasticsearch. 4. The config files are in /etc/elasticsearch and /etc/kibana (but they should both start and connect with no changes) 5. as root `service elasticsearch start` , `service kibana start` NOTE: Installing the packages create elasticsearch and kibana users and starting the services runs them as those users 1. see /var/log/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.log and /var/log/kibana/kibana.stdout Regards, Lee ---
**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:** [January 18, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-kibana-as-a-service-on-linux/72021/3 "2017-01-18T19:52:25Z")
Also, see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/install.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/install.html) and instructions "Install Kibana with Debian Package" or "Install Kibana with RPM" ---
**Author:** ![aviral\_srivastava](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aviral_srivastava/32/98018_2.png) [@aviral\_srivastava](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aviral_srivastava)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-kibana-as-a-service-on-linux/72021/4 "2017-01-19T09:42:50Z")
What am I doing wrong here ?? I have created a service file to run kibana 4.3.0 under /etc/systemd/system/kibana.service [Unit] Description=Kibana 4 [Service] Type=simple User=kibana Environment=CONFIG\_PATH=/home/app/kibana-4.3.0-linux-x64/config/kibana.yml Environment=NODE\_ENV=production ExecStart=/home/app/kibana-4.3.0-linux-x64/node/bin/node /home/app/kibana-4.3.0-linux-x64src/cli [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target Then I did following steps:- 1. sudo systemctl daemon-reload 2. sudo systemctl start kibana But it is not starting I tried checking the status:; sudo systemctl status kibana ● kibana.service - Kibana 4 Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/kibana.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2017-01-19 15:02:54 IST; 7min ago Process: 21863 ExecStart=/home/appadmin/kibana-4.3.0-linux-x64/node/bin/node /home/appadmin/kibana-4.3.0-linux-x64/src/cli (code=exited, status=217/USER) Main PID: 21863 (code=exited, status=217/USER) Jan 19 15:02:54 XX-XXX-XXXXXX systemd[1]: Started Kibana 4. Jan 19 15:02:54 XX-XXX-XXXXXX systemd[1]: Starting Kibana 4... Jan 19 15:02:54 XX-XXX-XXXXXX systemd[1]: kibana.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=217/USER Jan 19 15:02:54 XX-XXX-XXXXXX systemd[1]: Unit kibana.service entered failed state. Jan 19 15:02:54 XX-XXX-XXXXXX systemd[1]: kibana.service failed. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-kibana-as-a-service-on-linux/72021/5 "2017-02-16T09:42:55Z")
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