title: Elasticsearch is still initializing the kibana index. Deleting an index doesn't hеlp
body: <p>I have two servers: Kibana is installed on one of them and Elasticsearch is installed on another one.</p>
  
  <p>The Kibana's version is 4.5.4
  The Elastic version is 2.3.1</p>
  
  <p>Here is what I get when I start kibana</p>
  
  <pre><code>  log   [07:25:26.859] [info][status][plugin:kibana] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:25:26.890] [info][status][plugin:elasticsearch] Status changed from uninitialized to yellow - Waiting for Elasticsearch
    log   [07:25:26.905] [info][status][plugin:kbn_vislib_vis_types] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:25:26.913] [info][status][plugin:markdown_vis] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:25:26.919] [info][status][plugin:metric_vis] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:25:26.923] [info][status][plugin:spyModes] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:25:26.940] [info][status][plugin:statusPage] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:25:26.945] [info][status][plugin:table_vis] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:25:26.950] [error][status][plugin:elasticsearch] Status changed from yellow to red - Elasticsearch is still initializing the kibana index.
    log   [07:25:26.952] [info][listening] Server running at http://0.0.0.0:5601
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>According to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31201051/elasticsearch-is-still-initializing-the-kibana-index">this</a> answer I delete an index file in elasticsearch. </p>
  
  <p>Then I restart kibana and elastic, and here is what I get in the log, when I try to start kibana.</p>
  
  <pre><code>  log   [07:29:57.455] [info][status][plugin:kibana] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:29:57.488] [info][status][plugin:elasticsearch] Status changed from uninitialized to yellow - Waiting for Elasticsearch
    log   [07:29:57.502] [error][elasticsearch] Request error, retrying -- connect ECONNREFUSED 10.205.102.36:9200
    log   [07:29:57.508] [warning][elasticsearch] Unable to revive connection: http://10.205.102.36:9200/
    log   [07:29:57.509] [warning][elasticsearch] No living connections
    log   [07:29:57.511] [error][status][plugin:elasticsearch] Status changed from yellow to red - Unable to connect to Elasticsearch at http://10.205.102.36:9200.
    log   [07:29:57.512] [info][status][plugin:kbn_vislib_vis_types] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:29:57.516] [info][status][plugin:markdown_vis] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:29:57.519] [info][status][plugin:metric_vis] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:29:57.529] [info][status][plugin:spyModes] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:29:57.533] [info][status][plugin:statusPage] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:29:57.536] [info][status][plugin:table_vis] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
    log   [07:29:57.542] [info][listening] Server running at http://0.0.0.0:5601
    log   [07:30:05.102] [info][status][plugin:elasticsearch] Status changed from red to yellow - No existing Kibana index found
    log   [07:30:35.288] [error][status][plugin:elasticsearch] Status changed from yellow to red - Waiting for Kibana index ".kibana" to come online failed.
    log   [07:30:37.803] [error][status][plugin:elasticsearch] Status changed from red to red - Elasticsearch is still initializing the kibana index.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So when I delete an index, it creates it again and shows the same error. How can I resolve this problem?</p>