diff --git a/docs/settings/reporting-settings.asciidoc b/docs/settings/reporting-settings.asciidoc
index a754f91e9f22a..a9fa2bd18d315 100644
--- a/docs/settings/reporting-settings.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/settings/reporting-settings.asciidoc
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ The protocol for accessing Kibana, typically `http` or `https`.
 `xpack.reporting.kibanaServer.hostname`::
 The hostname for accessing {kib}, if different from the `server.host` value.
 
+[NOTE]
+============
+Reporting authenticates requests on the Kibana page only when the hostname matches the
+`xpack.reporting.kibanaServer.hostname` setting. Therefore Reporting would fail if the
+set value redirects to another server. For that reason, `"0"` is an invalid setting
+because, in the Reporting browser, it becomes an automatic redirect to `"0.0.0.0"`.
+============
+
 
 [float]
 [[reporting-job-queue-settings]]
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/config.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/config.ts
index 8b1d6f6f19805..34fc1f452fbc0 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/config.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export async function config(Joi: any) {
     enabled: Joi.boolean().default(true),
     kibanaServer: Joi.object({
       protocol: Joi.string().valid(['http', 'https']),
-      hostname: Joi.string(),
+      hostname: Joi.string().invalid('0'),
       port: Joi.number().integer(),
     }).default(),
     queue: Joi.object({
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/__tests__/validate_config.js b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/__tests__/validate_encryption_key.js
similarity index 79%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/__tests__/validate_config.js
rename to x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/__tests__/validate_encryption_key.js
index 8b5d6f4591ff5..10980f702d849 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/__tests__/validate_config.js
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/__tests__/validate_encryption_key.js
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@
 
 import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
-import { validateConfig } from '../validate_config';
+import { validateEncryptionKey } from '../validate_encryption_key';
 
-// FAILING: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/51373
-describe.skip('Reporting: Validate config', () => {
+describe('Reporting: Validate config', () => {
   const logger = {
     warning: sinon.spy(),
   };
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ describe.skip('Reporting: Validate config', () => {
         set: sinon.stub(),
       };
 
-      expect(() => validateConfig(config, logger)).not.to.throwError();
+      expect(() => validateEncryptionKey({ config: () => config }, logger)).not.to.throwError();
 
       sinon.assert.calledWith(config.set, 'xpack.reporting.encryptionKey');
       sinon.assert.calledWithMatch(logger.warning, /Generating a random key/);
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/__tests__/validate_server_host.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/__tests__/validate_server_host.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..04f998fd3e5a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/__tests__/validate_server_host.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import expect from '@kbn/expect';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+import { ServerFacade } from '../../../../types';
+import { validateServerHost } from '../validate_server_host';
+
+const configKey = 'xpack.reporting.kibanaServer.hostname';
+
+describe('Reporting: Validate server host setting', () => {
+  it(`should log a warning and set ${configKey} if server.host is "0"`, () => {
+    const getStub = sinon.stub();
+    getStub.withArgs('server.host').returns('0');
+    getStub.withArgs(configKey).returns(undefined);
+    const config = {
+      get: getStub,
+      set: sinon.stub(),
+    };
+
+    expect(() =>
+      validateServerHost(({ config: () => config } as unknown) as ServerFacade)
+    ).to.throwError();
+
+    sinon.assert.calledWith(config.set, configKey);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/index.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/index.ts
index 672f90358aba4..79a64bd82d022 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/index.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
+import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { ServerFacade, Logger } from '../../../types';
 import { HeadlessChromiumDriverFactory } from '../../browsers/chromium/driver_factory';
 import { validateBrowser } from './validate_browser';
-import { validateConfig } from './validate_config';
+import { validateEncryptionKey } from './validate_encryption_key';
 import { validateMaxContentLength } from './validate_max_content_length';
+import { validateServerHost } from './validate_server_host';
 
 export async function runValidations(
   server: ServerFacade,
@@ -18,13 +20,23 @@ export async function runValidations(
   try {
     await Promise.all([
       validateBrowser(server, browserFactory, logger),
-      validateConfig(server, logger),
+      validateEncryptionKey(server, logger),
       validateMaxContentLength(server, logger),
+      validateServerHost(server),
     ]);
-    logger.debug(`Reporting plugin self-check ok!`);
+    logger.debug(
+      i18n.translate('xpack.reporting.selfCheck.ok', {
+        defaultMessage: `Reporting plugin self-check ok!`,
+      })
+    );
   } catch (err) {
     logger.warning(
-      `Reporting plugin self-check failed. Please check the Kibana Reporting settings. ${err}`
+      i18n.translate('xpack.reporting.selfCheck.warning', {
+        defaultMessage: `Reporting plugin self-check generated a warning: {err}`,
+        values: {
+          err,
+        },
+      })
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_config.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_encryption_key.ts
similarity index 55%
rename from x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_config.ts
rename to x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_encryption_key.ts
index a1eb7be6ecae4..e0af94cbdc29c 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_config.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_encryption_key.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,25 @@
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
  */
 
+import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 import { ServerFacade, Logger } from '../../../types';
 
-export function validateConfig(serverFacade: ServerFacade, logger: Logger) {
+export function validateEncryptionKey(serverFacade: ServerFacade, logger: Logger) {
   const config = serverFacade.config();
 
   const encryptionKey = config.get('xpack.reporting.encryptionKey');
   if (encryptionKey == null) {
+    // TODO this should simply throw an error and let the handler conver it to a warning mesasge. See validateServerHost.
     logger.warning(
-      `Generating a random key for xpack.reporting.encryptionKey. To prevent pending reports from failing on restart, please set ` +
-        `xpack.reporting.encryptionKey in kibana.yml`
+      i18n.translate('xpack.reporting.selfCheckEncryptionKey.warning', {
+        defaultMessage:
+          `Generating a random key for {setting}. To prevent pending reports ` +
+          `from failing on restart, please set {setting} in kibana.yml`,
+        values: {
+          setting: 'xpack.reporting.encryptionKey',
+        },
+      })
     );
 
     // @ts-ignore: No set() method on KibanaConfig, just get() and has()
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_max_content_length.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_max_content_length.ts
index ca38ce5d635c6..f91cd40bfd3c7 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_max_content_length.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_max_content_length.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export async function validateMaxContentLength(server: ServerFacade, logger: Log
   const kibanaMaxContentBytes: number = config.get(KIBANA_MAX_SIZE_BYTES_PATH);
 
   if (kibanaMaxContentBytes > elasticSearchMaxContentBytes) {
+    // TODO this should simply throw an error and let the handler conver it to a warning mesasge. See validateServerHost.
     logger.warning(
       `${KIBANA_MAX_SIZE_BYTES_PATH} (${kibanaMaxContentBytes}) is higher than ElasticSearch's ${ES_MAX_SIZE_BYTES_PATH} (${elasticSearchMaxContentBytes}). ` +
         `Please set ${ES_MAX_SIZE_BYTES_PATH} in ElasticSearch to match, or lower your ${KIBANA_MAX_SIZE_BYTES_PATH} in Kibana to avoid this warning.`
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_server_host.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_server_host.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f4f4d61246b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/reporting/server/lib/validate/validate_server_host.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+import { ServerFacade } from '../../../types';
+
+const configKey = 'xpack.reporting.kibanaServer.hostname';
+
+export function validateServerHost(serverFacade: ServerFacade) {
+  const config = serverFacade.config();
+
+  const serverHost = config.get('server.host');
+  const reportingKibanaHostName = config.get(configKey);
+
+  if (!reportingKibanaHostName && serverHost === '0') {
+    // @ts-ignore: No set() method on KibanaConfig, just get() and has()
+    config.set(configKey, '0.0.0.0'); // update config in memory to allow Reporting to work
+
+    throw new Error(
+      `Found 'server.host: "0"' in settings. This is incompatible with Reporting. ` +
+        `To enable Reporting to work, '${configKey}: 0.0.0.0' is being automatically to the configuration. ` +
+        `You can change to 'server.host: 0.0.0.0' or add '${configKey}: 0.0.0.0' in kibana.yml to prevent this message.`
+    );
+  }
+}