# Shield- Kibana is not loading

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-kibana-is-not-loading/59290>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [August 30, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-kibana-is-not-loading/59290 "2016-08-30T09:55:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kishore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kishore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kishore)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-kibana-is-not-loading/59290/1 "2016-08-30T09:55:03Z")

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I have installed shield then i am not able to connect to the Kibana interface, Kibana is throwing below error, what actions do i need to take to fix this?

FATAL { [Error: HTTPS is required. Please set server.ssl.key and server.ssl.cert in kibana.yml.]  
cause: [Error: HTTPS is required. Please set server.ssl.key and server.ssl.cert in kibana.yml.],  
isOperational: true }

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-kibana-is-not-loading/59290/2 "2016-08-31T04:40:32Z")

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Did you make the changes it suggests?

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**Author:** ![Kishore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kishore](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kishore)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-kibana-is-not-loading/59290/3 "2016-08-31T06:30:20Z")

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Its working now, i have generated required SSL certificate.

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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, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-kibana-is-not-loading/59290/4 "2017-07-06T13:42:05Z")

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