# Unable to create Kibana index
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index/195465
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [August 16, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index/195465 "2019-08-16T09:52:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@DG13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DG13)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index/195465/1 "2019-08-16T09:52:42Z")
Hi ,
I have ELK stack installed and imported the indexes , all these indexes are visible in Kibana under Saved object however I am unable to create new index .
More details about ELK stack
Elastic search - 7.1.0
Kibana - 7.1.0
OS environment - Linux
Sharing the screenshot for the reference .
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### Author:  [@LizaD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LizaD)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index/195465/2 "2019-08-16T15:47:42Z")
Hi @DG13 , that message is saying there is no data in elasticsearch, can you check your es instance?
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@DG13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DG13)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index/195465/3 "2019-08-16T16:06:46Z")
Index is created in elastic search and could see under elastic search index management .
But when I click on Kibana index management I could see this screen whereas when we install the kibana screen displays the create the index which is not getting shown my case .
What could be the issue ?
Thanks ,
Divya
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### Author:  [@LizaD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LizaD)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index/195465/4 "2019-08-16T16:44:12Z")
Can you send me a screenshot of the indices you are seeing on the index management page or can you do :/\_cat/indices/twi\*?v&s=index&pretty ?
Can you also check that the sample data set works?
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### Author:  [@DG13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DG13)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index/195465/5 "2019-08-16T17:08:52Z")
Imported indexes from my other ELK environment works and I could see it in kibana .
Steps I followed to export and import indices :
1. Export the saved\_objects to downloaded the json file from my local env ( hosted on windows )
2 . Imported these indices in kibana and it worked .
Thanks,
Divya
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### Author:  [@DG13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DG13)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index/195465/6 "2019-08-19T05:49:27Z")
Hi,
I tried debugging and here is some of the findings -
1. As you asked I tried adding the sample data to kibana index and I could see the index created at Kibana
> GET /\_cat/indices/_sample_?v&s=index
> Output :
> health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
> green open kibana\_sample\_data\_flights FuV0cl1NRQ-McHTh1ocNgw 1 0 13059 0 6.4mb 6.4mb
1. When I enable show system index I dont see system indices at Kibana ☹
However I could see the system indices at Elasticsearch
What could be the root cause ?
Is it due to configuration mismatch or something else ?
Appreciate if you could help me proceed in right direction .
Thanks,
Divya
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### Author:  [@DG13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DG13)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index/195465/7 "2019-08-21T03:36:50Z")
Finally able to find the root cause of the issue , posting it for the benefit of others .
Nginx which was used for routing purpose caused the issues , once removed the Nginx configuration and used the ELK stack only , All worked fine 🙂
Thanks @LizaD for your help !!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-kibana-index/195465/8 "2019-09-18T03:36:54Z")
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