# Unable to open Kibana 5.6.15 GUI
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 12, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283 "2019-07-12T16:58:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@sandipatmca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandipatmca)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/1 "2019-07-12T16:58:25Z")
Ihave installed ELK 5.6.15 & x-pack 5.6.15. After installation ,kibana GUI is not accessible. Below are the trace log in Kibana.log file.
I have "xpack.security.audit.enabled" set to false explicitly in kibana.yml but still not able to recover from this issue.Can someone please suggest what could the issue here:
"type":"error","@timestamp":"2019-07-12T16:55:54Z","tags":["fatal"],"pid":22117,"level":"fatal","error":{"message":"child "xpack" fails because [child "security" fails because ["audit" is not allowed]]","name":"ValidationError","stack":"ValidationError: child "xpack" fails because [child "security" fails because ["audit" is not allowed]]\n at Object.exports.process (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/joi/lib/errors.js:181:19)\n at \_validateWithOptions (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/joi/lib/any.js:651:31)\n at root.validate (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/joi/lib/index.js:121:23)\n at Config.\_commit (/usr/share/kibana/src/server/config/config.js:114:35)\n at Config.set (/usr/share/kibana/src/server/config/config.js:84:10)\n at Config.extendSchema (/usr/share/kibana/src/server/config/config.js:57:10)\n at /usr/share/kibana/src/server/plugins/plugin\_collection.js:19:12\n at next (native)\n at step (/usr/share/kibana/src/server/plugins/plugin\_collection.js:49:191)\n at /usr/share/kibana/src/server/plugins/plugin\_collection.js:49:361"},"message":"child "xpack" fails because [child "security" fails because ["audit" is not allowed]]"}
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/2 "2019-07-12T18:04:04Z")
Did you disable security in elasticsearch and restart?
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### Author:  [@sandipatmca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandipatmca)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/3 "2019-07-12T18:48:03Z")
I got rid of that error by removing xpack.security.audit.enabled from kibana.yml.but there is onemore issue left. I have x-pack installed successfully.Verified using comman(/elasticsearch-plugin list --verbose & ./kibana-plugin list)
I have xpack.security.enabled:true in both kibana.yml & elasticsearch.yml but still I am not getting Login prompt. When i access Kibana URL it directly open the landing page instead of giving me login prompt.Just FYI,I have both elasticsearch.username & elasticsearch.password configured in kibana.yml file.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/4 "2019-07-12T19:23:05Z")
What are elasticsearch logs?
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### Author:  [@sandipatmca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandipatmca)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/5 "2019-07-12T19:35:38Z")
Hi David,I just ran reinstall script since i was not able to fix that issue(not getting kibana login prompt) inspite of doing so many changes . I will share the elasticsearch.log once it will be resinstalled. We have automated the installation of ELK so our kibana.yml & elasticsearch.yml doesnot have xpack.security.enabled.Since its default True so I dont need to set it up explicitly. I will update you as soon as my installation will finish and if I still do not get login prompt.
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### Author:  [@sandipatmca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandipatmca)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/6 "2019-07-12T19:42:48Z")
Hi David,
I didnt got the Login prompt .Just FYI,I dont have xpack.security.enabled in either of file(kibana.yml & elasticsearch.yml) since its defaults to TRUE.I dont see any error log in Elasticsearch.log.PFA logs
2019-07-12T15:36:24,979][INFO][o.e.n.Node] initializing ...
[2019-07-12T15:36:25,092][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [vdS\_UIV] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (rootfs)]], net usable\_space [43gb], net total\_space [49.9gb], spins? [unknown], types [rootfs]
[2019-07-12T15:36:25,092][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [vdS\_UIV] heap size [1.9gb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2019-07-12T15:36:25,116][INFO][o.e.n.Node] node name [vdS\_UIV] derived from node ID [vdS\_UIV1Tkq\_GB9tpvbJrA]; set [node.name] to override
[2019-07-12T15:36:25,117][INFO][o.e.n.Node] version[5.6.15], pid[2084], build[fe7575a/2019-02-13T16:21:45.880Z], OS[Linux/3.10.0-693.el7.x86\_64/amd64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0\_131/25.131-b11]
[2019-07-12T15:36:25,117][INFO][o.e.n.Node] JVM arguments [-Xms2g, -Xmx2g, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -Djdk.io.permissionsUseCanonicalPath=true, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Dlog4j.skipJansi=true, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -Des.path.home=/usr/share/elasticsearch]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,083][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded module [aggs-matrix-stats]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,083][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded module [ingest-common]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,083][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded module [lang-expression]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,083][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded module [lang-groovy]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,083][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded module [lang-mustache]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,083][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded module [lang-painless]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,083][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded module [parent-join]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,083][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded module [percolator]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,083][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded module [reindex]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,083][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded module [transport-netty3]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,083][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded module [transport-netty4]
[2019-07-12T15:36:27,084][INFO][o.e.p.PluginsService] [vdS\_UIV] loaded plugin [x-pack]
[2019-07-12T15:36:29,618][DEBUG][o.e.a.ActionModule] Using REST wrapper from plugin org.elasticsearch.xpack.XPackPlugin
[2019-07-12T15:36:30,756][INFO][o.e.x.m.j.p.l.CppLogMessageHandler] [controller/2245] [Main.cc@128] controller (64 bit): Version 5.6.15 (Build bbd204010bbfc5) Copyright (c) 2019 Elasticsearch BV
[2019-07-12T15:36:30,780][INFO][o.e.d.DiscoveryModule] [vdS\_UIV] using discovery type [zen]
[2019-07-12T15:36:32,034][INFO][o.e.n.Node] initialized
[2019-07-12T15:36:32,034][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vdS\_UIV] starting ...
[2019-07-12T15:36:32,362][INFO][o.e.t.TransportService] [vdS\_UIV] publish\_address {127.0.0.1:9300}, bound\_addresses {[::1]:9300}, {127.0.0.1:9300}
[2019-07-12T15:36:35,523][INFO][o.e.c.s.ClusterService] [vdS\_UIV] new\_master {vdS\_UIV}{vdS\_UIV1Tkq\_GB9tpvbJrA}{bERGY0SkTGaSa3WJcCWuMQ}{127.0.0.1}{127.0.0.1:9300}{ml.max\_open\_jobs=10, ml.enabled=true}, reason: zen-disco-elected-as-master ([0] nodes joined)
[2019-07-12T15:36:35,556][INFO][o.e.x.s.t.n.SecurityNetty4HttpServerTransport] [vdS\_UIV] publish\_address {127.0.0.1:9200}, bound\_addresses {[::1]:9200}, {127.0.0.1:9200}
[2019-07-12T15:36:35,556][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [vdS\_UIV] started
[2019-07-12T15:36:36,334][INFO][o.e.l.LicenseService] [vdS\_UIV] license [b82f52f6-1e8f-4f94-978f-de68012f02f7] mode [basic] - valid
[2019-07-12T15:36:36,348][INFO][o.e.g.GatewayService] [vdS\_UIV] recovered [5] indices into cluster\_state
[2019-07-12T15:36:36,725][INFO][o.e.c.r.a.AllocationService] [vdS\_UIV] Cluster health status changed from [RED] to [YELLOW] (reason: [shards started [[.security][0], [.monitoring-es-6-2019.07.12][0], [.watches][0], [.kibana][0]] ...]).
[2019-07-12T15:36:36,756][WARN][o.e.x.s.a.s.m.NativeRoleMappingStore] [vdS\_UIV] Failed to clear cache for realms []
[2019-07-12T15:39:13,766][INFO][o.e.c.m.MetaDataMappingService] [vdS\_UIV] [.kibana/6ymd9ycaRCewde5FPy\_6iA] update\_mapping [config]
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### Author:  [@sandipatmca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandipatmca)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/7 "2019-07-12T19:46:34Z")
I see some error in Kibana.log but those can be ignored as per my understanding from below link.([https://www.elastic.co/blog/configuring-ssl-tls-and-https-to-secure-elasticsearch-kibana-beats-and-logstash?ultron=june-2019&blade=newsletter&hulk=email&mkt\_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRBM1pqWTJPV0ppWldaaiIsInQiOiJiXC96b2JuZ0pUWEpCUDNzWDNlcmZualRmejM0blBVTk5tWFRsbTVubk9FXC9PNVIzTkIweWRGdXBzdXdmTjhPV0dyOFNPSzRuT3NZVXcwMDd6SFdnUFUxVnhoa29iWHZnRUJRbzd2Y1wveXE1MXUrVzlkdG96dnFcL1dabjNTczlUaXoifQ%3D%3D](https://www.elastic.co/blog/configuring-ssl-tls-and-https-to-secure-elasticsearch-kibana-beats-and-logstash?ultron=june-2019&blade=newsletter&hulk=email&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTlRBM1pqWTJPV0ppWldaaiIsInQiOiJiXC96b2JuZ0pUWEpCUDNzWDNlcmZualRmejM0blBVTk5tWFRsbTVubk9FXC9PNVIzTkIweWRGdXBzdXdmTjhPV0dyOFNPSzRuT3NZVXcwMDd6SFdnUFUxVnhoa29iWHZnRUJRbzd2Y1wveXE1MXUrVzlkdG96dnFcL1dabjNTczlUaXoifQ%253D%253D)
## kibana .log.error trace:
{"type":"error","@timestamp":"2019-07-12T19:39:00Z","tags":["connection","client","error"],"pid":2155,"level":"error","error":{"message":"140024729728832:error:14094416:SSL routines:ssl3\_read\_byte s:sslv3 alert certificate unknown:../deps/openssl/openssl/ssl/s3\_pkt.c:1498:SSL alert number 46\n140024729728832:error:140940E5:SSL routines:ssl3\_read\_bytes:ssl handshake failure:../deps/openssl/o penssl/ssl/s3\_pkt.c:1216:\n","name":"Error","stack":"Error: 140024729728832:error:14094416:SSL routines:ssl3\_read\_bytes:sslv3 alert certificate unknown:../deps/openssl/openssl/ssl/s3\_pkt.c:1498:SS L alert number 46\n140024729728832:error:140940E5:SSL routines:ssl3\_read\_bytes:ssl handshake failure:../deps/openssl/openssl/ssl/s3\_pkt.c:1216:\n\n at Error (native)"},"message":"14002472972883 2:error:14094416:SSL routines:ssl3\_read\_bytes:sslv3 alert certificate unknown:../deps/openssl/openssl/ssl/s3\_pkt.c:1498:SSL alert number 46\n140024729728832:error:140940E5:SSL routines:ssl3\_read\_b ytes:ssl handshake failure:../deps/openssl/openssl/ssl/s3\_pkt.c:1216:\n"}
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### Author:  [@sandipatmca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandipatmca)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/8 "2019-07-12T20:20:05Z")
I have basic license for ELK5.6.15.Not sure if get login page with Basic license or do we need trial version for that as suggested in below link.only diff I see there is the link talk about ELK6.X)
> [@Kibana login page](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-login-page/138421/2):
>
> Can you clarify what License type are you on ? IF you have installed 6.3.0, it starts with Basic License first. You would have to go to management UI to start the trial license which gives you the login page. whats the response of GET /\_xpack/license if on Basic - you will not get a login screen. Cheers Rashmi
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### Author:  [@sandipatmca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandipatmca)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/9 "2019-07-12T20:37:15Z")
I have Basic license for ELK5.6.15.
sudo curl -XGET -u XXXX:YYYY '[http://127.0.0.1:9200/\_xpack/license](http://127.0.0.1:9200/_xpack/license)'
{
"license" : {
"status" : "active",
"uid" : "b82f52f6-1e8f-4f94-978f-de68012f02f7",
"type" : "basic",
"issue\_date" : "2019-07-12T00:00:00.000Z",
"issue\_date\_in\_millis" : 1562889600000,
"expiry\_date" : "2020-07-12T23:59:59.999Z",
"expiry\_date\_in\_millis" : 1594598399999,
"max\_nodes" : 100,
"issued\_to" : "sandeep (XXXX)",
"issuer" : "Web Form",
"start\_date\_in\_millis" : 1562889600000
}
}
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/10 "2019-07-13T06:20:24Z")
Few things:
> Since its default True
Not really.
In 5.x elasticsearch does not have some security features in basic. You need a Gold or a Trial.
In 6.8 or 7.2, you need to activate explicitly security in settings for the basic license.
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### Author:  [@sandipatmca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sandipatmca)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/11 "2019-07-13T16:37:04Z")
Yes,some security feature are not available in Basic but I think Login page comes by default irrepective of if you have Gold,Trial or Basic license. I saw login page few days back after install but I cant recollect it now what I configuration i had that time.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/12 "2019-07-13T19:45:02Z")
As I said, in 5.6 you can't have security unless you have a gold+ or a trial.
Upgrade.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-open-kibana-5-6-15-gui/190283/13 "2019-08-10T19:45:02Z")
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