It doesn't respond with anything useful: [error][elasticsearch-service] Unable to retrieve version information from Elasticsearch nodes. Response Error which we already knew from the elasticsearch failure since it fails after having gone down this code path which indicates a problem getting the node/index metadata.
Full kibana output below:
kibana-7.17.22-darwin-x86_64 [11:27:51] $ ./bin/kibana
Kibana is currently running with legacy OpenSSL providers enabled! For details and instructions on how to disable see https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.17/production.html#openssl-legacy-provider
log [11:27:59.041] [info][plugins-service] Plugin "metricsEntities" is disabled.
log [11:27:59.103] [info][server][Preboot][http] http server running at http://localhost:5601
log [11:27:59.143] [warning][config][deprecation] Starting in 8.0, the Kibana logging format will be changing. This may affect you if you are doing any special handling of your Kibana logs, such as ingesting logs into Elasticsearch for further analysis. If you are using the new logging configuration, you are already receiving logs in both old and new formats, and the old format will simply be going away. If you are not yet using the new logging configuration, the log format will change upon upgrade to 8.0. Beginning in 8.0, the format of JSON logs will be ECS-compatible JSON, and the default pattern log format will be configurable with our new logging system. Please refer to the documentation for more information about the new logging format.
log [11:27:59.144] [warning][config][deprecation] The default mechanism for Reporting privileges will work differently in future versions, which will affect the behavior of this cluster. Set "xpack.reporting.roles.enabled" to "false" to adopt the future behavior before upgrading.
log [11:27:59.145] [warning][config][deprecation] User sessions will automatically time out after 8 hours of inactivity starting in 8.0. Override this value to change the timeout.
log [11:27:59.146] [warning][config][deprecation] Users are automatically required to log in again after 30 days starting in 8.0. Override this value to change the timeout.
log [11:27:59.235] [info][plugins-system][standard] Setting up [113] plugins: [translations,licensing,globalSearch,globalSearchProviders,features,licenseApiGuard,code,usageCollection,xpackLegacy,taskManager,telemetryCollectionManager,telemetryCollectionXpack,kibanaUsageCollection,share,embeddable,uiActionsEnhanced,screenshotMode,banners,telemetry,newsfeed,mapsEms,mapsLegacy,kibanaLegacy,fieldFormats,expressions,dataViews,charts,esUiShared,bfetch,data,savedObjects,presentationUtil,expressionShape,expressionRevealImage,expressionRepeatImage,expressionMetric,expressionImage,customIntegrations,home,searchprofiler,painlessLab,grokdebugger,management,watcher,licenseManagement,advancedSettings,spaces,security,savedObjectsTagging,reporting,canvas,lists,ingestPipelines,fileUpload,encryptedSavedObjects,dataEnhanced,cloud,snapshotRestore,eventLog,actions,alerting,triggersActionsUi,transform,stackAlerts,ruleRegistry,visualizations,visTypeXy,visTypeVislib,visTypeVega,visTypeTimelion,visTypeTagcloud,visTypeTable,visTypePie,visTypeMetric,visTypeMarkdown,tileMap,regionMap,expressionTagcloud,expressionMetricVis,console,graph,fleet,indexManagement,remoteClusters,crossClusterReplication,indexLifecycleManagement,dashboard,maps,dashboardMode,dashboardEnhanced,visualize,visTypeTimeseries,rollup,indexPatternFieldEditor,lens,cases,timelines,discover,osquery,observability,discoverEnhanced,dataVisualizer,ml,uptime,securitySolution,infra,upgradeAssistant,monitoring,logstash,enterpriseSearch,apm,savedObjectsManagement,indexPatternManagement]
log [11:27:59.248] [info][plugins][taskManager] TaskManager is identified by the Kibana UUID: 48895a9e-ba64-4d6a-b524-76e32403e375
log [11:27:59.321] [warning][config][plugins][security] Generating a random key for xpack.security.encryptionKey. To prevent sessions from being invalidated on restart, please set xpack.security.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command.
log [11:27:59.322] [warning][config][plugins][security] Session cookies will be transmitted over insecure connections. This is not recommended.
log [11:27:59.334] [warning][config][plugins][security] Generating a random key for xpack.security.encryptionKey. To prevent sessions from being invalidated on restart, please set xpack.security.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command.
log [11:27:59.335] [warning][config][plugins][security] Session cookies will be transmitted over insecure connections. This is not recommended.
log [11:27:59.346] [warning][config][plugins][reporting] Generating a random key for xpack.reporting.encryptionKey. To prevent sessions from being invalidated on restart, please set xpack.reporting.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command.
log [11:27:59.360] [warning][encryptedSavedObjects][plugins] Saved objects encryption key is not set. This will severely limit Kibana functionality. Please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command.
log [11:27:59.369] [warning][actions][plugins] APIs are disabled because the Encrypted Saved Objects plugin is missing encryption key. Please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command.
log [11:27:59.379] [warning][alerting][plugins] APIs are disabled because the Encrypted Saved Objects plugin is missing encryption key. Please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in the kibana.yml or use the bin/kibana-encryption-keys command.
log [11:27:59.386] [info][plugins][ruleRegistry] Installing common resources shared between all indices
log [11:27:59.683] [info][config][plugins][reporting] Chromium sandbox provides an additional layer of protection, and is supported for Darwin OS. Automatically enabling Chromium sandbox.
log [11:27:59.823] [error][elasticsearch-service] Unable to retrieve version information from Elasticsearch nodes. Response Error
Additional notes: First time kibana user, but I had to do kubectl port-forward pod/<my es pod> 9200 and had elasticsearch.hosts: ["http://localhost:9200"] in my kibana's ./config/kibana.yml
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