elastic/kibana
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Section titled “Kibana”Kibana is the window into the Elastic Stack. Specifically, it’s a browser-based analytics and search dashboard for Elasticsearch.
- [Getting Started]!(#getting-started)
- [Using a Kibana Release]!(#using-a-kibana-release)
- [Building and Running Kibana, and/or Contributing Code]!(#building-and-running-kibana-andor-contributing-code)
- [Documentation]!(#documentation)
- [Version Compatibility with Elasticsearch]!(#version-compatibility-with-elasticsearch)
- [Questions? Problems? Suggestions?]!(#questions-problems-suggestions)
Getting Started
Section titled “Getting Started”If you just want to try Kibana out, check out the Elastic Stack Getting Started Page to give it a whirl.
If you’re interested in diving a bit deeper and getting a taste of Kibana’s capabilities, head over to the Kibana Getting Started Page.
Using a Kibana Release
Section titled “Using a Kibana Release”If you want to use a Kibana release in production, give it a test run, or just play around:
- Download the latest version on the Kibana Download Page.
- Learn more about Kibana’s features and capabilities on the Kibana Product Page.
- We also offer a hosted version of Kibana on our Cloud Service.
Building and Running Kibana, and/or Contributing Code
Section titled “Building and Running Kibana, and/or Contributing Code”You might want to build Kibana locally to contribute some code, test out the latest features, or try out an open PR:
- [CONTRIBUTING.md]!(CONTRIBUTING.md) will help you get Kibana up and running.
- If you would like to contribute code, please follow our [STYLEGUIDE.mdx]!(STYLEGUIDE.mdx).
- For all other questions, check out the [FAQ.md]!(FAQ.md) and wiki.
Documentation
Section titled “Documentation”Visit Elastic.co for the full Kibana documentation.
For information about building the documentation, see the README in elastic/docs.
Version Compatibility with Elasticsearch
Section titled “Version Compatibility with Elasticsearch”Ideally, you should be running Elasticsearch and Kibana with matching version numbers. If your Elasticsearch has an older version number or a newer major number than Kibana, then Kibana will fail to run. If Elasticsearch has a newer minor or patch number than Kibana, then the Kibana Server will log a warning.
Note: The version numbers below are only examples, meant to illustrate the relationships between different types of version numbers.
| Situation | Example Kibana version | Example ES version | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Versions are the same. | 7.15.1 | 7.15.1 | 💚 OK |
| ES patch number is newer. | 7.15.0 | 7.15.1 | ⚠️ Logged warning |
| ES minor number is newer. | 7.14.2 | 7.15.0 | ⚠️ Logged warning |
| ES major number is newer. | 7.15.1 | 8.0.0 | 🚫 Fatal error |
| ES patch number is older. | 7.15.1 | 7.15.0 | ⚠️ Logged warning |
| ES minor number is older. | 7.15.1 | 7.14.2 | 🚫 Fatal error |
| ES major number is older. | 8.0.0 | 7.15.1 | 🚫 Fatal error |
Questions? Problems? Suggestions?
Section titled “Questions? Problems? Suggestions?”- If you’ve found a bug or want to request a feature, please create a GitHub Issue. Please check to make sure someone else hasn’t already created an issue for the same topic.
- Need help using Kibana? Ask away on our Kibana Discuss Forum and a fellow community member or Elastic engineer will be glad to help you out.