Installing Kibana
This quick tutorial shows several methods of installing Kibana, the open-source data visualization tool for use with Elasticsearch for monitoring.
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Installation
Installing Kibana Directly From tar Files
For Linux installation:
wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.2.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
shasum -a 512 kibana-6.2.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xzf kibana-6.2.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd kibana-6.2.3-linux-x86_64/
For Windows installation:
//Dowload Kibana
https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.2.3-windows-x86_64.zip
//running kibana
/bin/kibana.bat
Installation From Packages
Debian package installation:
// Import elatic PGP key
wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -
//install https transport module
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
//save repository definition
echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/6.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-6.x.list
//installation command
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install kibana
rpm package installation:
//Download and install public signing key
rpm --import https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
Add the following in a new .repo file in your /etc/yum.repos.d/
directory:
[kibana-6.x]
name=Kibana repository for 6.x packages
baseurl=https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/6.x/yum
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch
enabled=1
autorefresh=1
type=rpm-md
//Installation command
sudo yum install kibana
sudo dnf install kibana
sudo zypper install kibana
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