# Server.key

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/server-key/56509
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [July 27, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/server-key/56509 "2016-07-27T11:51:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Mokhless.Hachicha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Mokhless.Hachicha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mokhless.Hachicha)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/server-key/56509/1 "2016-07-27T11:51:22Z")

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Hi, i have a problem when i started kibana , help me please.

FATAL { [Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/path/to/your/server.key']  
errno: -2,  
code: 'ENOENT',  
syscall: 'open',  
path: '/path/to/your/server.key' }

whereis this path of server.key ?

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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: [July 27, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/server-key/56509/2 "2016-07-27T18:06:29Z")

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Hi Mokhless,

server.key is one of the files you have to provide if you have the Shield plugin installed for security. You specify the path to them in config/kibana.yml on your Kibana server host.

We have some test files I could point you to. But you should generate your own for a production environment.

Maybe this helps you? [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/kibana.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/kibana.html)

Regards,  
Lee

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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: [July 6, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/server-key/56509/3 "2017-07-06T13:43:31Z")

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