# Winlogbeat Dashbord Setup Error **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** winlogbeat\ **Created:** [July 27, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720 "2021-07-27T11:37:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ashwin\_Patil1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashwin_patil1/32/90642_2.png) [@Ashwin\_Patil1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashwin_Patil1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/1 "2021-07-27T11:37:15Z")
I am trying to setup dashboards, below is the .yml file . ```auto # ------------------------------ Logstash Output ------------------------------- output.logstash: # The Logstash hosts hosts: ["172.16.12.18:5044"] user: "logstash" password: "${LS_PWD}" setup.kibana: host: ["172.16.12.11:5601"] user: "elastic" password: "${LS_PWD}" ``` When I run the command **.\winlogbeat.exe setup --dashboards** I get the following error, what am i doing wrong here? ```auto PS C:\Program Files\Winlogbeat> .\winlogbeat.exe setup --dashboards Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable) Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: can not convert 'object' into 'string' accessing 'setup.kibana.host' (source:'winlogbeat.yml') ``` ---
**Author:** ![TheHunter1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thehunter1/32/80190_2.png) [@TheHunter1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TheHunter1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/2 "2021-07-27T12:08:00Z")
Hello @Ashwin_Patil1, I am not expert in ELK, but I think you just need to not declare kibana host as an array try to replace ```auto setup.kibana: host: ["172.16.12.11:5601"] ``` by ```auto setup.kibana: host: "172.16.12.11:5601" ``` ---
**Author:** ![Ashwin\_Patil1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashwin_patil1/32/90642_2.png) [@Ashwin\_Patil1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashwin_Patil1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/3 "2021-07-27T13:25:09Z")
Thank you @TheHunter1 I am getting the following error, am sure that the credentials are right. Would know anything about this? ```auto PS C:\Program Files\Winlogbeat> .\winlogbeat.exe setup --dashboards Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable) Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to http://172.16.12.11:5601/api/status fails: . Response: {"statusCode":401,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"[security_exception]: unable to authenticate user [] for REST request [/_security/_authenticate]"}. ``` ---
**Author:** ![TheHunter1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thehunter1/32/80190_2.png) [@TheHunter1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TheHunter1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/4 "2021-07-27T13:42:46Z")
use your browser and go to `http://172.16.12.11:5601/api/status` .. what are you getting when you use the credentials ? ---
**Author:** ![Ashwin\_Patil1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashwin_patil1/32/90642_2.png) [@Ashwin\_Patil1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashwin_Patil1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/5 "2021-07-27T14:01:22Z")
{"statusCode":401,"error":"Unauthorized","message":"Unauthorized"} ---
**Author:** ![TheHunter1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thehunter1/32/80190_2.png) [@TheHunter1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TheHunter1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/6 "2021-07-27T14:09:59Z")
try to check again if you are using the correct password, and check also when you access kibana if in the url, it add automatically some 3 degits at the end of the url, like `http://172.16.12.11:5601/amd` ---
**Author:** ![Ashwin\_Patil1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashwin_patil1/32/90642_2.png) [@Ashwin\_Patil1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashwin_Patil1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/7 "2021-07-27T14:34:46Z")
This is what I am getting, @TheHunter1 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/1/211880ca1aff8343da68d275dc0547e0aa5a74e3.png) ---
**Author:** ![TheHunter1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thehunter1/32/80190_2.png) [@TheHunter1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TheHunter1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/8 "2021-07-27T14:50:00Z")
can you just access you kibana, not `/api/status`, and show me the url ? ---
**Author:** ![Ashwin\_Patil1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashwin_patil1/32/90642_2.png) [@Ashwin\_Patil1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashwin_Patil1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/9 "2021-07-27T16:15:05Z")
Yes, I can access kibana @TheHunter1 ---
**Author:** ![TheHunter1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thehunter1/32/80190_2.png) [@TheHunter1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TheHunter1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/10 "2021-07-28T07:04:53Z")
This maybe can help you: [Unable to load Kibana Dashboards via MetricBeat - #6 by Mario\_Castro](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-load-kibana-dashboards-via-metricbeat/166712/6) ---
**Author:** ![termcap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/termcap/32/91415_2.png) [@termcap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/termcap)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/11 "2021-08-02T15:43:14Z")
Can you try without the user and password ? My beats yml looks like this and works fine. ```auto setup.dashboards.enabled: true setup.kibana: host: "x.x.x.x:5601" protocol: "https" ssl.verification_mode: "none" output.elasticsearch: hosts: ["x.x.x.x:9200"] protocol: "https" ssl.verification_mode: "none" username: "elast" password: "REDACTED" ``` Something to note here though I use to setup my dashboards. `.\winlogbeat setup -e` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-dashbord-setup-error/279720/12 "2021-08-30T17:43:49Z")
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