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kibana-verification-code [kibana-verification-code]

The kibana-verification-code tool retrieves a verification code for enrolling a {{kib}} instance with a secured {{es}} cluster.

Synopsis [_synopsis]

bin/kibana-verification-code
[-V, --version] [-h, --help]

Description [_description]

Use this command to retrieve a verification code for {{kib}}. You enter this code in {{kib}} when manually configuring a secure connection with an {{es}} cluster. This tool is useful if you dont have access to the {{kib}} terminal output, such as on a hosted environment. You can connect to a machine where {{kib}} is running (such as using SSH) and retrieve a verification code that you enter in {{kib}}.

::::{important} You must run this tool on the same machine where {{kib}} is running. ::::

Parameters [kibana-verification-code-parameters]

-h, --help
Returns all of the command parameters.
-V, --version
Displays the {{kib}} version number.

Examples [_examples_2]

The following command retrieves a verification code for {{kib}}.

bin/kibana-verification-code