Unable to start Elasticsearch as a service

Does this mean my Elasticsearch is up, but my Kibana is not connecting to it?
When I try to open Kibana, I get "Kibana server is not ready"

I see this error in my Kibana logs:

{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2021-05-11T22:49:43-05:00","tags":["warning","plugins","licensing"],"pid":1359,"message":"License information could not be obtained from Elasticsearch due to [security_exception] unable to authenticate user [kibana] for REST request [/_xpack?accept_enterprise=true], with { header={ WWW-Authenticate={ 0=\"Basic realm=\\\"security\\\" charset=\\\"UTF-8\\\"\" & 1=\"Bearer realm=\\\"security\\\"\" & 2=\"ApiKey\" } } } :: {\"path\":\"/_xpack?accept_enterprise=true\",\"statusCode\":401,\"response\":\"{\\\"error\\\":{\\\"root_cause\\\":[{\\\"type\\\":\\\"security_exception\\\",\\\"reason\\\":\\\"unable to authenticate user [kibana] for REST request [/_xpack?accept_enterprise=true]\\\",\\\"header\\\":{\\\"WWW-Authenticate\\\":[\\\"Basic realm=\\\\\\\"security\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"UTF-8\\\\\\\"\\\",\\\"Bearer realm=\\\\\\\"security\\\\\\\"\\\",\\\"ApiKey\\\"]}}],\\\"type\\\":\\\"security_exception\\\",\\\"reason\\\":\\\"unable to authenticate user [kibana] for REST request [/_xpack?accept_enterprise=true]\\\",\\\"header\\\":{\\\"WWW-Authenticate\\\":[\\\"Basic realm=\\\\\\\"security\\\\\\\" charset=\\\\\\\"UTF-8\\\\\\\"\\\",\\\"Bearer realm=\\\\\\\"security\\\\\\\"\\\",\\\"ApiKey\\\"]}},\\\"status\\\":401}\",\"wwwAuthenticateDirective\":\"Basic realm=\\\"security\\\" charset=\\\"UTF-8\\\", Bearer realm=\\\"security\\\", ApiKey\"} error"}

Should I create a topic under Kibana for this?

Regards,
Pavan