🛠️ Fixing Wazuh Dashboard Migration Loops

If you keep seeing “Wazuh dashboard server is not ready yet” in a loop, the Wazuh Dashboard is almost always stuck on a migration lock. This typically happens after an interrupted upgrade or restart.

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📋 Overview

• Symptom: Dashboard never finishes loading
• Root cause: Stuck .kibana migration index
• Fix: Remove the corrupted index and allow a clean rebuild

① Stop the Wazuh Dashboard

Stop the service to ensure no active writes occur during cleanup.

sudo systemctl stop wazuh-dashboard

② Remove the stuck Kibana index

This deletes the partially migrated UI index that causes the loop.

⚠️ Impact

Option A — Simple (placeholder password)

curl -k -u admin:'<PASSWORD>' -X DELETE "https://localhost:9200/.kibana*"

Option B — Recommended (secure password prompt)

read -s -p "Password: " WAZUH_PASS; echo
curl -k -u "admin:${WAZUH_PASS}" -X DELETE "https://localhost:9200/.kibana*"
unset WAZUH_PASS