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Configure data sources

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Configure data sources

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These settings only apply to the Logs Stream app. The Logs Stream app and dashboard panel are deactivated by default. We recommend viewing and inspecting your logs with Logs Explorer as it provides more features, better performance, and more intuitive navigation.

To activate the Logs Stream app, refer to Activate Logs Stream.

Specify the source configuration for logs in the Logs settings in the Kibana configuration file. By default, the configuration uses the index patterns stored in the Kibana log sources advanced setting to query the data. The configuration also defines the default columns displayed in the logs stream.

If your logs have custom index patterns, use non-default field settings, or contain parsed fields that you want to expose as individual columns, you can override the default configuration settings.

Edit configuration settings
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  1. Find Logs / Settings in the global search field.

    Name

    Name of the source configuration.

    Kibana log sources advanced setting

    Use index patterns stored in the Kibana log sources advanced setting, which provides a centralized place to store and query log index patterns. To open Advanced settings, find Stack Management in the main menu or use the global search field.

    Data view (deprecated)

    The Logs UI integrates with data views to configure the used indices by clicking Use data views.

    Log indices (deprecated)

    Kibana index patterns or index name patterns in the Elasticsearch indices to read log data from.

    Log columns

    Columns that are displayed in the logs Stream page.
  2. When you have completed your changes, click Apply.
Customize Stream page
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If Spaces are enabled in your Kibana instance, any configuration changes you make here are specific to the current space. You can make different subsets of data available by creating multiple spaces with other data source configurations.

By default, the Stream page within the Logs app displays the following columns.

Timestamp

The timestamp of the log entry from the timestamp field.

Message

The message extracted from the document. The content of this field depends on the type of log message. If no special log message type is detected, the Elastic Common Schema (ECS) base field, message, is used.
  1. To add a new column to the logs stream, select Settings > Add column.
  2. In the list of available fields, select the field you want to add. To filter the field list by that name, you can start typing a field name in the search box.
  3. To remove an existing column, click the Remove this column icon.
  4. When you have completed your changes, click Apply.

If the fields are grayed out and cannot be edited, you may not have sufficient privileges to modify the source configuration. For more information, see Granting access to Kibana.

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