kibana Installation Guide Installation Guide

kibana is a free and open-source Elasticsearch visualization. Kibana provides visualization for Elasticsearch data

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 2GB minimum

Storage: 2GB for data

Network: HTTP/HTTPS access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 5601 (default kibana port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install kibana
sudo dnf install -y kibana

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now kibana

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5601/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
kibana --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install kibana
sudo apt install -y kibana

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now kibana

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 5601

# Verify installation
kibana --version

bash

# Install kibana
sudo pacman -S kibana

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now kibana

# Verify installation
kibana --version

bash

# Install kibana
apk add --no-cache kibana

# Enable and start service
rc-update add kibana default
rc-service kibana start

# Verify installation
kibana --version

bash

# Install kibana
sudo zypper install -y kibana

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now kibana

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5601/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
kibana --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install kibana

# Start service
brew services start kibana

# Verify installation
kibana --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install kibana

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'kibana_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service kibana start

# Verify installation
kibana --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install kibana

# Or using Scoop
scoop install kibana

# Verify installation
kibana --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/kibana

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
kibana --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable kibana

# Start service
sudo systemctl start kibana

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop kibana

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart kibana

# Check status
sudo systemctl status kibana

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u kibana -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add kibana default

# Start service
rc-service kibana start

# Stop service
rc-service kibana stop

# Restart service
rc-service kibana restart

# Check status
rc-service kibana status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'kibana_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service kibana start

# Stop service
service kibana stop

# Restart service
service kibana restart

# Check status
service kibana status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start kibana
brew services stop kibana
brew services restart kibana

# Check status
brew services list | grep kibana

powershell

# Start service
net start kibana

# Stop service
net stop kibana

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service kibana
Stop-Service kibana
Restart-Service kibana

# Check status
Get-Service kibana

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream kibana_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:5601;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name kibana.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name kibana.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/kibana.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/kibana.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://kibana_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName kibana.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://kibana.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName kibana.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/kibana.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/kibana.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:5601/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:5601/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend kibana_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/kibana.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend kibana_backend

backend kibana_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server kibana1 127.0.0.1:5601 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R kibana:kibana /etc/kibana
sudo chmod 750 /etc/kibana

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5601/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status kibana

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u kibana -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep kibana)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/kibana"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/kibana-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/kibana /var/lib/kibana

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/kibana-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop kibana

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/kibana/kibana-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start kibana

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u kibana -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/kibana/kibana.log

# Check configuration
kibana --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/kibana

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 5601

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 5601

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep kibana)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep kibana)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 5601

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  kibana:
    image: kibana:latest
    ports:
      - "5601:5601"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/kibana
      - ./data:/var/lib/kibana
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update kibana

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade kibana

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu kibana

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade kibana

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update kibana

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade kibana

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/kibana-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/kibana

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart kibana

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/kibana

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/kibana -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/kibana

Official Documentation: https://docs.kibana.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/kibana/kibana

Community Forum: https://forum.kibana.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.kibana.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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