Connect to OpenAI

This page provides step-by-step instructions for connecting Kibana to OpenAI’s large language models (LLMs). You’ll first need to create an OpenAI API key, then connect Kibana to OpenAI.

Configure OpenAI

Select a model

Before creating an API key, you must choose a model. Refer to the OpenAI docs to select a model. Take note of the specific model name (for example gpt-4-turbo); you’ll need it when configuring Kibana.

Note

GPT-4o offers increased performance over previous versions. For more information on how different models perform for different tasks, refer to the Large language model performance matrix.

Create an API key

To generate an API key:

  1. Log in to the OpenAI platform and navigate to API keys.
  2. Select Create new secret key.
  3. Name your key, select an OpenAI project, and set the desired permissions.
  4. Click Create secret key and then copy and securely store the key. It will not be accessible after you leave this screen.

The following video demonstrates these steps (click to watch).

openai-apikey-video

Connect Kibana to OpenAI

Create an inference endpoint so that Kibana can use models from OpenAI. AI features in Kibana can use only endpoints with the chat_completion task type. For more information about adding endpoints, refer to External inference.

  1. Go to the External inference page by using the navigation menu or the global search field.
  2. Select Add endpoint.
  3. Select OpenAI as the service.
  1. For API Key, paste the API key that you created.
  2. For Model ID, enter the name of the model you want to use. The URL field is optional.
  3. Select the chat_completion task type, then select Save.

Create an OpenAI connector so that Kibana can use OpenAI models.

  1. Log in to Kibana.
  2. Find the Connectors page in the navigation menu or use the global search field. Then click Create Connector, and select OpenAI.
  3. Provide a name for your connector, such as OpenAI (GPT-4 Turbo Preview), to help keep track of the model and version you are using.
  4. Under Select an OpenAI provider, choose OpenAI.
  5. The URL field can be left as default.
  6. Under Default model, specify which model you want to use.
  7. Paste the API key that you created into the corresponding field.
  8. Click Save.

The following video demonstrates these steps (click to watch).

openai-configure-connector-video