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Access Kibana

Self Managed

Access Kibana through the web application on port 5601.

  1. Point your web browser to the machine where you are running Kibana and specify the port number. For example, localhost:5601 or https://YOURDOMAIN.com:5601.

    To remotely connect to Kibana, set server.host to a non-loopback address.

    Note

    For production deployments, you should always secure Kibana with a certificate and access it over HTTPS.

  2. Log on to your account.

  3. Go to the home page, then click Kibana.

  4. To make the Kibana page your landing page, click Make this my landing page.

Kibana leverages Elasticsearch authentication and authorization technologies to secure access.

To learn about authentication options, refer to User authentication.

To learn how to enable authentication providers for Kibana, refer to Authentication in Kibana.