In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Kibana on your Linux Mint system.
Before starting the installation, make sure you have a running Elasticsearch cluster. Kibana is a modern web interface that will allow you to visualize and analyze the data stored in Elasticsearch.
The following steps assume that you have Elasticsearch already installed and running on your system.
Download the Kibana package from the official Elastic website https://www.elastic.co/products/kibana.
Extract the downloaded package and move the extracted contents to /opt using the following commands:
tar xzf kibana-<version>-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
sudo mv kibana-<version>-linux-x86_64 /opt/kibana
Make sure to replace <version> with the downloaded version.
By default, Kibana is configured to communicate with Elasticsearch running on http://localhost:9200.
If you need to change the default configuration, edit the kibana.yml file located in the Kibana installation directory /opt/kibana/config/.
sudo nano /opt/kibana/config/kibana.yml
Make the necessary changes, save, and exit.
Start the Kibana service using the following command:
sudo /opt/kibana/bin/kibana
You can also add Kibana as a service on your system. Refer to the official documentation for more information https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/running-kibana.html.
Once the service is running, you can access the Kibana web interface by browsing http://localhost:5601 using your web browser.
You have now successfully installed Kibana on your Linux Mint system. With Kibana, you can create visualizations and dashboards to visualize and analyze the data stored in your Elasticsearch cluster.
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