Kibana: Essentials Training
Course Description
This training introduces Kibana to the users of Elasticsearch.
Kibana is an open source analytics and visualization platform designed to work with
Elasticsearch. You use Kibana to search, view, and interact with data stored in
Elasticsearch indices. You can easily perform advanced data analysis and visualize
your data in a variety of charts, tables, and maps.
Kibana makes it easy to understand large volumes of data. Its simple, browser-
based interface enables you to quickly create and share dynamic dashboards that
display changes to Elasticsearch queries in real time.
Course Duration
2 days
Pre-requisite
Delegates should have a prior experience with elasticsearch and system
adminstration in order to attend this training.
Course Syllabus
Setting up Prerequisites
• Elasticsearch: Introduction
• Elasticsearch: Installation and Configuration
• elasticdump
• Brief Introduction to Kibana
• Nested Objects - Limitation to Kibana
Setting up Kibana
• Kibana: Install and Configure
• Configuring Elasticsearch and connecting Kibana
o Dynamic Mapping
o Limitations
• Tribe Nodes
Using Kibana
• Indices and Filters
• Discover Interface
o Time Filter
o Toolbar and Searchbar
o Field Lists
o Document Data and Context - Add/View/Edit/Delete
• Visualization Interface
o Aggregations
Bucket Aggregations - Date Histogram, Date Range, Range,
Histogram, Terms and Filters
Metric Aggregations - Count, Sum, Average, Min, Max,
Percentile, Percentile Ranks and Unique
o Create Visualization
o Chart, Line, Area
o Data Table
o Metrics
o Other Visualization Types
• Dashboard Interface: Building, Merging, Loading and Sharing
• Graph: Configure, Troubleshoot and Limitations
Kibana: Dev Console
• Overview
• Shortcuts: Brief
• Settings and Configuring
Kibana in Production
• SSL encryption
• Load Balancing using Elasticsearch Nodes
Management
• Managing Fields and Formatters
• Saved Searches, Visualizationad and Dashboards
• Apache/nginx proxy for security
Plugins
• Install/Update/Disable/Remove Plugins
• Plugins Manager
