Kibana fatal error starting without Elasticsearch

[LeeDr]

Maybe this was an intentional change? It used to be I could start Kibana even if Elasticsearch wasn't running and Kibana would just keep trying.
Now on 5.0.0-Alpha2 (with X-Pack installed) it logs an error and then a fatal message and exits.

  log   [20:21:54.329] [warning][elasticsearch] No living connections
  log   [20:21:54.347] [error][status][plugin:elasticsearch] Status changed from yellow to red - Unable to connect to Elasticsearch at http://localhost:9200.
  log   [20:21:54.353] [fatal] Error: No Living connections
    at sendReqWithConnection (D:\k5.0-a2\kibana-5.0.0-alpha2-rc2-windows\node_modules\elasticsearch\src\lib\transport.js:210:15)
    at next (D:\k5.0-a2\kibana-5.0.0-alpha2-rc2-windows\node_modules\elasticsearch\src\lib\connection_pool.js:213:7)
    at nextTickCallbackWith0Args (node.js:415:9)
    at process._tickDomainCallback (node.js:385:13)
FATAL { [Error: No Living connections]
  message: 'No Living connections',
  body: undefined,
  status: undefined }

[epixa]

This appears to only be an issue when xpack is installed. /cc @djschny

[djschny]

FYI - this appears to be an issue with x-pack only. Using alpha2, notice the following behavior difference:

Fresh install of Kibana with no x-pack

 log   [15:17:33.328] [info][status][plugin:table_vis] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready
 log   [15:17:33.337] [info][listening] Server running at http://0.0.0.0:5601
 log   [15:17:35.800] [warning][elasticsearch] Unable to revive connection: http://localhost:9200/
 log   [15:17:35.801] [warning][elasticsearch] No living connections
 log   [15:17:38.308] [warning][elasticsearch] Unable to revive connection: http://localhost:9200/
 log   [15:17:38.309] [warning][elasticsearch] No living connections
 log   [15:17:40.815] [warning][elasticsearch] Unable to revive connection: http://localhost:9200/
 log   [15:17:40.815] [warning][elasticsearch] No living connections

After installing x-pack

log   [15:20:03.449] [error][status][plugin:elasticsearch] Status changed from yellow to red - Unable to connect to Elasticsearch at http://localhost:9200.
 log   [15:20:03.450] [warning][elasticsearch] Unable to revive connection: http://localhost:9200/
 log   [15:20:03.451] [warning][elasticsearch] No living connections
 log   [15:20:03.454] [fatal] Error: No Living connections
   at sendReqWithConnection (/Users/djschny/training/sandbox/v5/kibana-5.0.0-alpha2-darwin-x64/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:210:15)
   at next (/Users/djschny/training/sandbox/v5/kibana-5.0.0-alpha2-darwin-x64/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/connection_pool.js:213:7)
   at nextTickCallbackWith0Args (node.js:415:9)
   at process._tickDomainCallback (node.js:385:13)
FATAL { [Error: No Living connections]
 message: 'No Living connections',
 body: undefined,
 status: undefined }

[lukasolson]

Seems as if this was fixed by #7285.