Installing Kibana on NetBSD

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Kibana on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

• Root access to NetBSD instance
• Working internet connection

Step-by-step guide

Step 1: Download Kibana

1. Open your web browser and navigate to https://www.elastic.co/downloads/kibana.
2. Select the Kibana version that matches your NetBSD machine's architecture and download the ZIP package.

Step 2: Extract Kibana ZIP package

1. Open the terminal application and navigate to the directory where the Kibana ZIP package was downloaded.
2. Extract the package by running the command:

   unzip kibana-<version>-<architecture>.zip
   

   Replace <version> and <architecture> with the actual values of the downloaded file.

Step 3: Install Node.js

1. Install Node.js using the pkgsrc package manager by running the command:

   pkgin install nodejs
   

Step 4: Configure Kibana

1. Navigate to the extracted Kibana directory by running the command:

   cd kibana-<version>-<architecture>
   

2. Edit the config/kibana.yml file and set the values of the following properties:

   server.port: <port>
   server.host: <host>
   elasticsearch.hosts: [<http://elasticsearch-host:9200>]
   

   Replace <port> and <host> with the desired values for the Kibana server's port and host respectively. Replace <http://elasticsearch-host:9200> with the URL of the Elasticsearch instance you want Kibana to connect to.

Step 5: Run Kibana

1. Start Kibana by running the command:

   bin/kibana
   

   This will start the Kibana server and make it available at the specified <host> and <port>.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Kibana on NetBSD. You can now access the Kibana server by opening a web browser and navigating to http://<host>:<port>.

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