# Unable to initialize fleet

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/381838>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Tags:** fleet\
**Created:** [September 10, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/381838 "2025-09-10T12:28:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Thom.cr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@Thom.cr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thom.cr)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/381838/1 "2025-09-10T12:28:53Z")

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Hi, i just installed kibana and elasticsearch (last stable version) but everytime i try to go to fleet i get an error :

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/d/adc459cebd6e0aff0442ce82aacf8a35483b6549.png)

Thanks for your help

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/381838/2 "2025-09-10T13:34:59Z")

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Hi @Thom.cr welcome to the community.

How did you install elasticsearch and kibana?

In general, you need to enable security features in elastic if you're going to use fleet.

You need to set the proper configuration encryption keys in your kibana.yaml

> **[Secure Kibana saved objects | Elastic Docs](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/security/secure-saved-objects)**
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> Kibana stores entities such as dashboards, visualizations, alerts, actions, and advanced settings as saved objects, which are kept in a dedicated, internal...

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**Author:** ![Thom.cr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@Thom.cr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Thom.cr)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-initialize-fleet/381838/3 "2025-09-10T14:24:33Z")

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Hi Stephen,

I installed them with the linux compressed version but i actually found how to set up an encryption key and fleet was working when i restarted it.  
Thanks for your response,

Best regards,

Thomas