Connecting to Kibana

Considerations when you configure an Kibana:

• Ensure the Kibana version is compatible with the Elasticsearch version as Kibana and Elasticsearch have a one-to-one mapping. For details on version compatibility, see Support Matrix.

You can have one of the following Kibana configurations:

• Kibana connected to external Elasticsearch.

  You can configure this setup as follows:

  For an Kibana to connect to Elasticsearch you have to configure the following properties in the kibana.yml file where you have installed the Kibana.

  Note: The default index is .kibana and it is not configured by users.

  Property	Description
  server.port: port number	Specifies which server port to use. Example: 9405
  server.host: server host IP address or host name	Specifies the host to bind the server to. The default value is localhost, which means the remote machines will not be able to connect. To allow connections for remote users you must set this parameter to a non-loopback address. Example: "0.0.0.0"
  server.basePath: server path of the proxy	Specifies the proxy setting to render the charts from the Kibana in webMethods API Gateway UI. The server path you specify must not end with a /. Value: "/apigatewayui/dashboardproxy"
  elasticsearch.hosts: http://hostname:port	Specifies the URLs of the Elasticsearch instance to use for all your queries. Example: ["http://localhost:9240"]

• Kibana connected to an Elasticsearch.

  You can configure this setup by using externalized configuration files. For details, see Using the Externalized Configuration Files.