Install Kibana from archive on Linux or MacOS
editInstall Kibana from archive on Linux or MacOS
editKibana is provided for Linux and Darwin as a .tar.gz package. These packages
are the easiest formats to use when trying out Kibana.
These packages are free to use under the Elastic license. They contain open source and free commercial features and access to paid commercial features. Start a 30-day trial to try out all of the paid commercial features. See the Subscriptions page for information about Elastic license levels.
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 v7.6.2 can be downloaded and installed as follows:
Download and install the Darwin package
editmacOS Gatekeeper warnings
Apple’s rollout of stricter notarization requirements affected the notarization of the 7.6.2 Kibana artifacts. If macOS Catalina displays a dialog when you first run Kibana that interrupts it, you will need to take an action to allow it to run.
To prevent Gatekeeper checks on the Kibana files, run the following command on the
downloaded .tar.gz archive or the directory to which was extracted:
xattr -d -r com.apple.quarantine <archive-or-directory>
Alternatively, you can add a security override if a Gatekeeper popup appears by following the instructions in the How to open an app that hasn’t been notarized or is from an unidentified developer section of Safely open apps on your Mac.
The Darwin archive for Kibana v7.6.2 can be downloaded and installed as follows:
curl -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-7.6.2-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz curl https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-7.6.2-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz.sha512 | shasum -a 512 -c - tar -xzf kibana-7.6.2-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz cd kibana-7.6.2-darwin-x86_64/
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Alternatively, you can download the following package, which contains only features that are available under the Apache 2.0 license: https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana/kibana-oss-7.6.2-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz
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.
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.
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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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