# Unable to create Kibana index ".kibana"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index-kibana/116040>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 18, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index-kibana/116040 "2018-01-18T12:08:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![shibasisp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shibasisp/32/29984_2.png) [@shibasisp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shibasisp)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index-kibana/116040/1 "2018-01-18T12:08:20Z")

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Hello,  
I just Installed the ELK stack and was following the documentation. I loaded elasticsearch with some sample data provided in the docs. However, whenever I try to access Kibana, I get a RED status saying: `Unable to create Kibana index ".kibana"` . I can't access anything in the Kibana web Interface although the elasticsearch is working fine. Please help!

Here is the output of `curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/_cat/indices?v&pretty'`

```
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open shakespeare XddKi1NxQSSCB6QnVWrNjw 5 1 0 0 1.2kb 1.2kb
yellow open logstash-2015.05.19 3RX7J15VSnmRyUYRDCI3wQ 5 1 0 0 1.2kb 1.2kb
yellow open logstash-2015.05.18 f4Z_32gPRDe0fbMuFvjEqg 5 1 0 0 1.2kb 1.2kb
yellow open customer SwvPyZluT5-0zMPNY5ko3g 5 1 0 0 1.2kb 1.2kb
yellow open bank kM-CTLAaQXmsOaf0Zd87lA 5 1 1000 0 483.4kb 483.4kb
```

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index-kibana/116040/2 "2018-01-18T20:42:37Z")

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Are you running with X-Pack installed or just the open-source version?

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**Author:** ![shibasisp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shibasisp/32/29984_2.png) [@shibasisp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shibasisp)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index-kibana/116040/3 "2018-01-19T19:08:38Z")

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I downloaded the .deb file from [here](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch) and thats what I am running. I haven't installed X-pack.

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**Author:** ![lukas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lukas/32/6812_2.png) [@lukas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lukas)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index-kibana/116040/4 "2018-01-19T19:56:46Z")

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Can you provide the Kibana logs?

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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:** [February 16, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index-kibana/116040/5 "2018-02-16T19:56:57Z")

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