Grant privileges and roles needed to read Journalbeat data from Kibana
editGrant privileges and roles needed to read Journalbeat data from Kibana
editKibana users typically need to view dashboards and visualizations that contain Journalbeat data. These users might also need to create and edit dashboards and visualizations.
To grant users the required privileges:
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Create a reader role, called something like
journalbeat_reader
, that has the following privilege:Type Privilege Purpose Index
read
onjournalbeat-*
indicesRead data indexed by Journalbeat
Spaces
Read
orAll
on Dashboards, Visualize, and DiscoverAllow the user to view, edit, and create dashboards, as well as browse data.
Spaces
Read
orAll
on Kibana LogsAllow the use of Kibana Logs
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Assign the reader role, along with the following built-in roles, to users who need to read Journalbeat data:
Role Purpose monitoring_user
Allow users to monitor the health of Journalbeat itself. Only assign this role to users who manage Journalbeat.