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Kibana Setup

v8.* (linux)

  • Step1: download the pgp key; 
    wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg
  • Step2: Install apt-transport and elastic-repo for v8.* 
    sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg] https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/8.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-8.x.list
  • Step3: install kibana 
    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install kibana
    you can generate an enrolment token for kibana with the following command; 
    bin/elasticsearch-create-enrollment-token -s kibana   # You can either use this or proceed with the certificate provided by elasticsearch
  • Step4: configure kibana add the following to your config/kibana.yml 
    server.port: 5601
server.host: "localhost" or 0.0.0.0
server.publicBaseUrl: "http://localhost:5601"
elasticsearch.hosts: ["https://<elasticsearch_ip:9200"]
elasticsearch.username: "kibana_system"    # this username and password is valid when you have created a user "kibana_system" in your elasticsearch node.
elasticsearch.password: "password"
elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: [ "path/to/cert/gotten/from/elasticsearch/http_ca.crt" ]
elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: certificate
  • Step5: Enable on boot and start the service 
    sudo systemctl daemon reload
sudo systemctl start kibana.service
  • Step6: Access kibana 
    You can access kibana on http://<IP:5601

v7.* setup (linux)

Same steps for v8.* except step2 and 4 * Step2 

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/elasticsearch-keyring.gpg] https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-7.x.list
* Step4: configure kibana add the following to your config/kibana.yml 
server.port: 5601
server.host: "localhost" or 0.0.0.0
server.publicBaseUrl: "http://localhost:5601"
elasticsearch.hosts: ["https://<elasticsearch_ip:9200"] if security is configured elasticsearch.hosts: ["http://elasticsearch_ip:9200"]
elasticsearch.username: "kibana_system"    # this username and password is valid when you have created a user "kibana_system" in your elasticsearch node.
elasticsearch.password: "password"
elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: [ "path/to/cert/gotten/from/elasticsearch/http_ca.crt" ] # comment this out if security is not configured
elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: certificate # comment this out if security is not configured

v8.* (windows)

  • Step1: Download the .zip file 
    https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-8.4.2-windows-x86_64.zip
  • Step2: extract the files. and configure Kibana. go to configs/kibana.yaml, from the previous configurations in linux, input the neccesary values
  • Step3: start the service 
    .\bin\kibana.bat