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Dashboards
editDashboards
editThis functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.
The dashboards section of the packetbeat.yml config file contains options
for automatically loading the sample Beats dashboards. Automatic dashboard
loading is disabled by default, but can be enabled either from the configuration
file or by using the -setup CLI flag.
If dashboard loading is enabled, Packetbeat attempts to configure Kibana by
writing directly in the Elasticsearch index for the Kibana configuration (by
default, .kibana). To connect to Elasticsearch, Packetbeat uses the
settings defined in the Elasticsearch output. If the Elasticsearch output is
not configured or not enabled, Packetbeat will stop with an error. Dashboard
loading is only attempted at Beat startup. If Elasticsearch is not available when
the Beat starts, Packetbeat will stop with an error.
Here is an example configuration:
dashboards.enabled: true
Dashboards Loading Options
editYou can specify the following options in the dashboards section of the
packetbeat.yml config file:
enabled
editIf this option is set to true, Packetbeat loads the sample Kibana dashboards automatically on startup. If no other options are set, the dashboard archive is downloaded from the elastic.co website.
To load dashboards from a different location, you can
configure one of the following options: url,
directory, or file.
To load dashboards from a snapshot URL, use the snapshot
option and optionally snapshot-url.
url
editThe URL to use for downloading the dashboard archive. By default this URL is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co website.
directory
editThe directory that contains the dashboards to load. If this option is set, Packetbeat looks for dashboards in the specified directory instead of downloading an archive from a URL.
file
editThe file archive (zip file) that contains the dashboards to load. If this option is set, Packetbeat looks for a dashboard archive in the specified path instead of downloading the archive from a URL.
snapshot
editIf this option is set to true, the snapshot URL is used instead of the default URL.
snapshot_url
editThe URL to use for downloading the snapshot version of the dashboards. By default the snapshot URL is computed based on the Beat name and version.
beat
editIn case the archive contains the dashboards for multiple Beats, this setting
lets you select the Beat for which you want to load dashboards. To load all the
dashboards in the archive, set this option to an empty string. The default is
"packetbeat".
kibana_index
editThe name of the Kibana index to use for setting the configuration. The default
is ".kibana"
index
editThe Elasticsearch index name. This setting overwrites the index name defined
in the dashboards and index pattern. Example: "testbeat-*"