Install Kibana

If you are using Elastic Cloud, you access Kibana with a single click. (You can sign up for a free trial and start exploring data in minutes.)

For a step-by-step example of setting up the Elastic Stack on your own premises, try out our tutorial: Installing a self-managed Elastic Stack.

Starting with version 6.0.0, Kibana only supports 64 bit operating systems.

Kibana is provided in the following package formats:

`tar.gz`/`zip`	The `tar.gz` packages are provided for installation on Linux and Darwin and are the easiest choice for getting started with Kibana. The `zip` package is the only supported package for Windows. Install from archive on Linux or macOS or Install on Windows
`deb`	The `deb` package is suitable for Debian, Ubuntu, and other Debian-based systems. Debian packages may be downloaded from the Elastic website or from our Debian repository. Install with Debian package
`rpm`	The `rpm` package is suitable for installation on Red Hat, SLES, OpenSuSE and other RPM-based systems. RPMs may be downloaded from the Elastic website or from our RPM repository. Install with RPM
`docker`	Images are available for running Kibana as a Docker container. They may be downloaded from the Elastic Docker Registry. Running Kibana on Docker

If your Elasticsearch installation is protected by Elastic Stack security features see Configuring security in Kibana for additional setup instructions.