The default should be fine if you have port 9200 open. I've been messing around with kibana as well and it isn't the most friendly to setup. I'd prefer the way e.g. elasticsearch-head works, which simply allows you to paste a url in the UI. I can run elasticsearch-head straight from the git directory by opening index.html from the filesystem and then pasting the right url. No need to mess around with es plugins. This doesn't work for kibana unfortunately.
A simple way to get started is using ssh tunnels. Simply put kibana on any web server that can serve static content, and point config.js at http://localhost:9200. Then simply create an ssh tunnel: ssh -L 9200:localhost:9200 user@elasticsearchboxip to tunnel the elasticsearch traffic to localhost and point your browser at kibana. This is probably the easiest to setup and get working (short of running everything on localhost). This bypasses the need to set up elaborate security. This is more secure as well since it doesn't require you to lock down nginx enough so that an enterprising hacker doesn't get full access to all your data in elasticsearch. In our current setup, I have a nginx hosting kibana and proxying elasticsearch over https with basic authentication. I've tuned it such that you only have read only access to elastic search (except for the index that kibana uses to store its settings). Jilles On Wednesday, December 18, 2013 1:08:42 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote: > > Also, in my reading online, I am not certain of the exact syntax. On one > site, it said something like: > > elasticsearch: “http://”+window.location.hostname+”:9200″, > > Should the '+' 's really be in there? I've tried with and without. I've > also made variations on where the quotes are, but it doesn't seem to change > anything (other than sometimes it comes up w/ a cryptic text page). > > > > > On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 4:04:46 PM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote: > >> Okay I changed it to: >> >> elasticsearch: "http://"host.domain":9200/elasticsearch/"; , >> >> However I'm getting the same result on >> >> http://host.domain >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 3:45:19 PM UTC-8, Mark Walkom wrote: >> >>> The config URL doesn't look right, it should be something like >>> http://elastichost.domain.com:9200/ >>> >>> Regards, >>> Mark Walkom >>> >>> Infrastructure Engineer >>> Campaign Monitor >>> email: [email protected] >>> web: www.campaignmonitor.com >>> >>> >>> On 18 December 2013 10:42, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello there: >>>> >>>> I have current versions of Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana 3 >>>> installed on CentOS 6.5 . But when I pull up a browser, I get a black >>>> header with text 'dashboard.current.title', and the rest of the page is >>>> blank. I also copied the Kibana site to the plugins directory, and get >>>> the >>>> same result: >>>> >>>> http://host.domain >>>> >>>> and >>>> >>>> http://host.domain:9200/_plugin/kibana3/ . >>>> >>>> I made changes to config.js: elasticsearch: " >>>> http://host.domain/elasticsearch"; , however it is still not working. >>>> Any suggestions re what I am missing? >>>> >>>> Thank you for helping a Newbie. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "elasticsearch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c956c8a4-38d8-427f-ad71-05b2574f63e9%40googlegroups.com >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0af8a7c8-9a1a-4157-9623-9a74f00e88cc%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
