docs/reference/commands/kibana-verification-code.md
The kibana-verification-code tool retrieves a verification code for enrolling a {{kib}} instance with a secured {{es}} cluster.
bin/kibana-verification-code
[-V, --version] [-h, --help]
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 don’t 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. ::::
-h, --help
: Returns all of the command parameters.
-V, --version
: Displays the {{kib}} version number.
The following command retrieves a verification code for {{kib}}.
bin/kibana-verification-code