1.5.2 Access Kibana

This topic provides systematic instructions to access Kibana.

  1. Go to path /kibana-7.8.1-linux-x86_64/config/kibana.yml.
  2. Edit server.host: "0.0.0.0" for access outside host and server.port: <any port, defaults to 5601>.
  3. Validate elasticsearch properties.
    It defaults to localhost:9200
  4. Go to http://host:port
    The Kibana console UI is displayed.

    Kibana requires elasticsearch to be UP as it creates indexes and fetch logs.

  5. Start the nohup bin or Kibana.
    The Kibana screen is displayed.