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Install Kibana with .tar.gz
editInstall Kibana with .tar.gz
editKibana is provided for Linux and Darwin as a .tar.gz
package. These packages
are the easiest formats to use when trying out Kibana.
The latest stable version of Kibana can be found on the Download Kibana page. Other versions can be found on the Past Releases page.
Download and install the Linux 64-bit package
editThe Linux archive for Kibana v6.0.1 can be downloaded and installed as follows:
wget https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz shasum -a 512 kibana-6.0.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz tar -xzf kibana-6.0.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz cd kibana-6.0.1-linux-x86_64/
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Download and install the Darwin package
editThe Darwin archive for Kibana v6.0.1 can be downloaded and installed as follows:
curl -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-6.0.1-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz shasum -a 512 kibana-6.0.1-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz tar -xzf kibana-6.0.1-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz cd kibana-6.0.1-darwin-x86_64/
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Running Kibana from the command line
editKibana can be started from the command line as follows:
./bin/kibana
By default, Kibana runs in the foreground, prints its logs to the
standard output (stdout
), and can be stopped by pressing Ctrl-C
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Configuring Kibana via config file
editKibana loads its configuration from the $KIBANA_HOME/config/kibana.yml
file by default. The format of this config file is explained in
Configuring Kibana.
Directory layout of .tar.gz
archives
editThe .tar.gz
packages are entirely self-contained. All files and directories
are, by default, contained within $KIBANA_HOME
— the directory created when
unpacking the archive.
This is very convenient because you don’t have to create any directories to
start using Kibana, and uninstalling Kibana is as easy as removing the
$KIBANA_HOME
directory. However, it is advisable to change the default
locations of the config and data directories so that you do not delete
important data later on.
Type | Description | Default Location | Setting |
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home |
Kibana home directory or |
Directory created by unpacking the archive |
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bin |
Binary scripts including |
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config |
Configuration files including |
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data |
The location of the data files written to disk by Kibana and its plugins |
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optimize |
Transpiled source code. Certain administrative actions (e.g. plugin install) result in the source code being retranspiled on the fly. |
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plugins |
Plugin files location. Each plugin will be contained in a subdirectory. |
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