# Set default index with curl command
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-default-index-with-curl-command/220578
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-default-index-with-curl-command/220578 "2020-02-24T07:05:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Voula\_Mikr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Voula_Mikr)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-default-index-with-curl-command/220578/1 "2020-02-24T07:05:37Z")
Hi!
I imported some dashboards to a fresh kibana helm deployment (7.0.1 version) but when I am going to open a dashboard, kibana asks to set the default index.
How can I set the default index with a **curl command**?
Thank you in advance!
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### Author:  [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-default-index-with-curl-command/220578/2 "2020-02-24T20:46:45Z")
It's the `defaultIndex` value in Advanced Settings needed for these fresh installs of Kibana. It looks like it might not be documented, but I can see from a network inspector that the curl command would be:
```auto
curl 'http://localhost:5601/api/kibana/settings' \
-H 'kbn-version: 7.5.1' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-binary '{"changes":{"defaultIndex":"be7e57b0-572c-11ea-bb8f-a54396990d95"}}' \
--compressed
```
You can replace `be7e57b0-572c-11ea-bb8f-a54396990d95` with the ID of the index pattern you wish to set.
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### Author:  [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-default-index-with-curl-command/220578/3 "2020-02-24T21:19:59Z")
BTW there was an issue to make these settings documented, but it looks like the API schema would have to be re-considered first. So I would expect this API to have breaking changes at any time over a Kibana minor release.
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> We should add documentation for this API and tag experimental.
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### Author:  [@Voula\_Mikr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Voula_Mikr)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-default-index-with-curl-command/220578/4 "2020-02-25T13:20:20Z")
Thank you for the response Tim.
The curl command works fine for a deployment I have on a vm but I get {"message":"blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];: [cluster\_block\_exception] blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];","statusCode":403,"error":"Forbidden"} when I run this curl on an another deployment. If you have a hint for this error will be more than helpful!!
Thank you againe 🙂
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### Author:  [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-default-index-with-curl-command/220578/5 "2020-02-25T18:18:09Z")
Hi, that error is being forwarded from Elasticsearch. The elasticsearch node logs will have more information about what is going on. It looks like the cluster is in a read-only state and that often means something about the disk volume that a node is running on.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-default-index-with-curl-command/220578/6 "2020-03-24T18:18:09Z")
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