# Winlogbeat.exe setup --dashboards (FAILED)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-exe-setup-dashboards-failed/109416>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [November 28, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-exe-setup-dashboards-failed/109416 "2017-11-28T14:41:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![cdra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@cdra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cdra)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-exe-setup-dashboards-failed/109416/1 "2017-11-28T14:41:21Z")

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setup.kibana:  
host: "ZVDESELK1.xxxxxx.xxx.xx:5601"  
protocol: "https"  
username: admin  
password: admin

output.elasticsearch:  
hosts: ["ZVDESELK1.xxxxx.xxx.xx:9200"]

protocol: "https"  
username: admin  
password: admin

winlogbeat.exe setup --template \>\>\>\> OK  
winlogbeat.exe setup --dashboards \>\>\>\> ERROR

Exiting: Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Kibana: Error importing directory C:\Program Files\winlogbeat\kibana: Failed to import index-pattern: Failed to load directory C:\Program Files\winlogbeat\kibana/default/index-pattern:  
error loading C:\Program Files\winlogbeat\kibana\default\index-pattern\winlogbeat.json: 403 Forbidden. Response: {"statusCode":403,"error":"Forbidden","message":"Error: Unauthorized"}

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-exe-setup-dashboards-failed/109416/2 "2017-12-26T14:53:47Z")

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