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Vishal Sharma, Beginning Elastic Stack, 10.1007/978-1-4842-1694-1_3

3. Getting Started with Kibana

Vishal Sharma

(1)New Delhi, Delhi, India

In earlier chapters, we installed Logstash and Elasticsearch successfully. Searching logs manually in Logstash can be a bit of a tedious process for beginners. We need something with which we can search our logs easily and quickly. And now we have a tool that works with Elasticsearch to allow us to do just that—Kibana.

Kibana is an open source web interface tool for Elasticsearch. We can access it with your browser. Kibana is an excellent tool for visualizing data in the form of charts, graphs, maps, and tables. So, when all we need is something that is pleasing to the eye and simple to ...

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