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Documentation
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Version Compatibility with Elasticsearch
Ideally, you should be running Elasticsearch and Kibana with matching version numbers. If your Elasticsearch has an older version number or a newer major number than Kibana, then Kibana will fail to run. If Elasticsearch has a newer minor or patch number than Kibana, then the Kibana Server will log a warning.
Note: The version numbers below are only examples, meant to illustrate the relationships between different types of version numbers.
Situation
Example Kibana version
Example ES version
Outcome
Versions are the same.
7.15.1
7.15.1
💚 OK
ES patch number is newer.
7.15.0
7.15.1
⚠️ Logged warning
ES minor number is newer.
7.14.2
7.15.0
⚠️ Logged warning
ES major number is newer.
7.15.1
8.0.0
🚫 Fatal error
ES patch number is older.
7.15.1
7.15.0
⚠️ Logged warning
ES minor number is older.
7.15.1
7.14.2
🚫 Fatal error
ES major number is older.
8.0.0
7.15.1
🚫 Fatal error
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