# Multiple Kibana instances using opendistro distribution

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/multiple-kibana-instances-using-opendistro-distribution/6582>\
**Category:** Open Source Elasticsearch and Kibana\
**Created:** [July 22, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/multiple-kibana-instances-using-opendistro-distribution/6582 "2021-07-22T13:07:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![santino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@santino](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/santino)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/multiple-kibana-instances-using-opendistro-distribution/6582/1 "2021-07-22T13:07:59Z")

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Hello,

I installed 1 Kibana instance on a server and I would like to install another identical Kibana instance on a 2nd server for high availability.  
For the installation I am using the opendistroforelasticsearch-kibana-1.13.2-1.x86\_64 RPM package on a CentOS 7 server.

Kibana config :  
server.name: kibanalog01  
server.port: 5601  
server.host: 10.200.46.101  
elasticsearch.hosts:

- [https://elasprod01:9200](https://elasprod01:9200)
- [https://elasprod02:9200](https://elasprod02:9200)
- [https://elasprod03:9200](https://elasprod03:9200)  
elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: none  
elasticsearch.username: kibanaserver  
elasticsearch.password: XXXX  
elasticsearch.requestHeadersWhitelist: [“securitytenant”,“Authorization”]  
opendistro\_security.multitenancy.enabled: true  
opendistro\_security.multitenancy.tenants.preferred: [“Private”, “Global”]  
opendistro\_security.readonly\_mode.roles: [“kibana\_read\_only”]  
opendistro\_security.cookie.secure: false  
newsfeed.enabled: false  
telemetry.optIn: false  
telemetry.enabled: false  
security.showInsecureClusterWarning: false  
map.includeElasticMapsService: false

Questions :  
What are the configuration parameters to modify to allow the execution of 2 Kibana instances using opendistro distribution ?  
Do I need to configure the server.uuid parameter or equivalent parameters to xpack.security.encryptionKey or xpack.reporting.encryptionKey as shown in the doc: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en) /kibana/current/production.html#load-balancing-kibana?

Thanks and regards,  
Miguel

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**Author:** ![BlackMetalz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@BlackMetalz](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/BlackMetalz)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 5:43am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/multiple-kibana-instances-using-opendistro-distribution/6582/2 "2021-07-23T05:43:17Z")

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You have to install another kibana instance with a different port I guess

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**Author:** ![santino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d26b3c/32.png) [@santino](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/santino)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 10:24am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/multiple-kibana-instances-using-opendistro-distribution/6582/3 "2021-07-25T10:24:25Z")

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As the 2 instances are running on different vms I guess I can keep the same port. I will try using the same configuration for the 2 instances (except server.name and server.host) and we’ll see !  
Thank you for your answer @BlackMetalz !