Installing Kibana on POP! OS Latest

Kibana is an open-source analytics and visualization platform that allows users to search, analyze, and visualize data stored in Elasticsearch. This tutorial will show you how to install Kibana on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, make sure the following prerequisites are met:

• You have a running instance of Elasticsearch.
• You have sudo or root access to the server.

Step 1: Download Kibana

Visit the Kibana download page at https://www.elastic.co/downloads/kibana and download the version that matches your Elasticsearch instance.

$ cd ~
$ wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-7.13.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

Step 2: Extract Kibana

Once the download is complete, extract the Kibana archive to your preferred location. In this example, we'll extract it to /opt.

$ sudo tar -xzf kibana-7.13.2-linux-x86_64.tar.gz -C /opt

Step 3: Configure Kibana

Next, navigate to the Kibana directory and edit the config/kibana.yml file.

$ cd /opt/kibana-7.13.2-linux-x86_64/
$ sudo nano config/kibana.yml

Find the Elasticsearch URL section and uncomment it. Replace localhost:9200 with the IP address or domain name of your Elasticsearch instance.

elasticsearch.hosts: ["http://<elasticsearch_ip>:9200"]

Save and exit the file.

Step 4: Start Kibana

Finally, start Kibana.

$ sudo bin/kibana

After Kibana starts, wait a few seconds for the server to initilize. Then, visit http://<server_ip>:5601 in your web browser to access Kibana.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we covered how to install Kibana on POP! OS Latest. Now that's it installed, you can continue with configuring Kibana for your specific needs.

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