# Tail -f /var/log/kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tail-f-var-log-kibana/272830
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [May 12, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tail-f-var-log-kibana/272830 "2021-05-12T16:31:20Z")
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### Author: ![momo1104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@momo1104](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/momo1104)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tail-f-var-log-kibana/272830/1 "2021-05-12T16:31:20Z")

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root@elk-1:~#  
root@elk-1:~#  
root@elk-1:~# tail -f /var/log/kibana  
tail: error reading '/var/log/kibana': Is a directory  
tail: /var/log/kibana: cannot follow end of this type of file; giving up on this name  
tail: no files remaining  
root@elk-1:~# journalctl -fu kibana.service  
-- Logs begin at Thu 2021-04-29 16:44:12 UTC. --  
May 11 17:47:54 elk-1 systemd[1]: Stopped Kibana.  
May 11 17:47:54 elk-1 systemd[1]: Started Kibana.  
May 11 20:14:13 elk-1 systemd[1]: Stopping Kibana...  
May 11 20:14:13 elk-1 systemd[1]: kibana.service: Succeeded.  
May 11 20:14:13 elk-1 systemd[1]: Stopped Kibana.  
May 11 20:14:33 elk-1 systemd[1]: Started Kibana.  
May 12 16:23:20 elk-1 systemd[1]: Stopping Kibana...  
May 12 16:23:20 elk-1 systemd[1]: kibana.service: Succeeded.  
May 12 16:23:20 elk-1 systemd[1]: Stopped Kibana.  
May 12 16:23:20 elk-1 systemd[1]: Started Kibana.

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### Author: ![momo1104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@momo1104](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/momo1104)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tail-f-var-log-kibana/272830/2 "2021-05-12T16:33:35Z")

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tail: error reading '/var/log/kibana': Is a directory

how do i resolve this issue

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### Author: ![elasticforme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f05b48/32.png) [@elasticforme](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/elasticforme)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tail-f-var-log-kibana/272830/3 "2021-05-12T20:46:46Z")

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log is located in /var/log/kibana/kibana.log not /var/log/kibana by default

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### Author: ![momo1104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@momo1104](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/momo1104)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tail-f-var-log-kibana/272830/4 "2021-05-12T21:27:07Z")

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great it worked. Thanks.

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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: [June 9, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tail-f-var-log-kibana/272830/5 "2021-06-09T21:27:35Z")

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