How to Install Kibana on MXLinux Latest

Kibana is an open-source data visualization tool for Elasticsearch. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Kibana on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Kibana, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• MXLinux Latest installed on your system.
• Elasticsearch installed on your system. If not, you can follow our tutorial on How to Install Elasticsearch on MXLinux Latest.
• Java 8 or higher installed on your system.

Step 1: Download Kibana

First, you need to download the latest version of Kibana from the official Elasticsearch website. You can download Kibana by running the following command:

wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-{version}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

Replace {version} with the latest version of Kibana. At the time of writing this tutorial, the latest version of Kibana is 7.14.1. So, the command will be:

wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-7.14.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

Step 2: Extract Kibana

After downloading Kibana, extract the downloaded file by running the following command:

tar xzf kibana-{version}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

Replace {version} with the version of Kibana you have downloaded. In our case, it is 7.14.1. So, the command will be:

tar xzf kibana-7.14.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

This will extract Kibana to a directory named kibana-{version} in the current directory.

Step 3: Configure Kibana

Before starting Kibana, you need to configure it by editing the kibana.yml file located in the config directory.

cd kibana-{version}/config
nano kibana.yml

Find the following line:

# server.host: "localhost"

Uncomment it and replace localhost with 0.0.0.0, so it looks like:

server.host: "0.0.0.0"

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Start Kibana

Now, you can start Kibana by running the following command:

cd ../bin
./kibana

This will start Kibana on port 5601 by default. You can access Kibana by opening a web browser and visiting http://localhost:5601.

Step 5: Test Kibana

After starting Kibana, you can test it by creating an index pattern.

• Open a web browser and visit http://localhost:5601.
• Click on the Discover tab in the left menu.
• Click on the Create index pattern button.
• Enter logstash-* in the index pattern field and click on the Next step button.
• Choose the @timestamp field as the Time field and click on the Create index pattern button.

Now, you can explore your data in Kibana using various visualizations and dashboards.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kibana on MXLinux Latest. Now, you can use Kibana to visualize and analyze your Elasticsearch data.