# Unable to connect Kibana on 5601 **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [October 13, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-kibana-on-5601/103936 "2017-10-13T17:11:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Andres\_Zambra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@Carlos\_Andres\_Zambra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Andres_Zambra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-kibana-on-5601/103936/1 "2017-10-13T17:11:26Z")
I am installing elasticsearch and kibana on EC2 aws, currently following this steps [https://www.elastic.co/blog/running-elasticsearch-on-aws](https://www.elastic.co/blog/running-elasticsearch-on-aws), I am trying with 5.6.3 elastic search and it is installed. Both services are running but when i tried to access by webbrowser it does not load [http://54.89.173.143:5601/](http://54.89.173.143:5601/) **KIBANA PORT** [ec2-user@ip-10-4-0-107 kibana]$ curl [http://localhost:5601](http://localhost:5601) **ELASTICSEARCH PORT** }[ec2-user@ip-10-4-0-107 kibana]$ curl [http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200){ "name" : "h91YN9J", "cluster\_name" : "elasticsearch", "cluster\_uuid" : "QffVAwnzQVWVywehVMYSKA", "version" : { "number" : "5.6.3", "build\_hash" : "1a2f265", "build\_date" : "2017-10-06T20:33:39.012Z", "build\_snapshot" : false, "lucene\_version" : "6.6.1" }, "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"} ---
**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-kibana-on-5601/103936/2 "2017-10-13T17:16:10Z")
What host have you specified for `server.host` in kibana.yml? If you haven't bound to a public interface you won't be able to access Kibana from outside the host machine. ---
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Andres\_Zambra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@Carlos\_Andres\_Zambra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Andres_Zambra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-kibana-on-5601/103936/3 "2017-10-13T17:18:29Z")
in kibana.yml server.host: "localhost" the elasticsearch and the kibana are on the same server ---
**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-kibana-on-5601/103936/4 "2017-10-13T17:21:03Z")
Try setting `server.host` to the ip that you're trying to access in your web browser. ---
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Andres\_Zambra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@Carlos\_Andres\_Zambra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Andres_Zambra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-kibana-on-5601/103936/5 "2017-10-13T17:28:58Z")
server.host: "54.89.173.143" I have tried leave in 0.0.0.0 and restart the service and does not work, also i attached a domain and does not load the page of kibana. ---
**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-kibana-on-5601/103936/6 "2017-10-13T17:45:10Z")
Can you access Kibana from the machine it's running on? Anything in the Kibana logs? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-connect-kibana-on-5601/103936/7 "2017-11-10T17:56:19Z")
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