How to Install Kibana on OpenBSD

Kibana is a powerful open-source tool used to visualize and analyze data stored in Elasticsearch. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Kibana on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you begin with the installation process, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

• OpenBSD 6.0 or later
• Root access or privilege to run sudo
• Elasticsearch 6.0 or later

Assuming you have already installed Elasticsearch, proceed with the following steps.

Step 1 - Install Kibana

To install Kibana, you can download the latest version from the official Elasticsearch website:

$ cd /usr/local
$ wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-7.15.1-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz

After the download is complete, extract the tarball:

$ tar zxvf kibana-7.15.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

Step 2 - Configure Kibana

Once you have extracted the tarball, you need to configure Kibana to work with Elasticsearch. Open the kibana.yml configuration file:

$ cd kibana-7.15.1-linux-x86_64/
$ vi config/kibana.yml

Search for the following lines and replace <elasticsearch_hostname> with the IP address or hostname of your Elasticsearch server:

# elasticsearch.hosts: ["http://localhost:9200"]
elasticsearch.hosts: ["http://<elasticsearch_hostname>:9200"]

Step 3 - Start Kibana

After you have finished configuring Kibana, start the service using the following command:

$ sudo bin/kibana

Kibana will now start listening on port 5601 by default. You can access the Kibana dashboard by visiting http://<kibana_server>:5601 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have explained how to install Kibana on OpenBSD. By following these steps, you can now visualize and analyze data stored in Elasticsearch using Kibana.