Kibana

Kibana docker container

What is Kibana?

Kibana allows you to see the value in your data

• Flexible analytics and visualization platform
• Real-time summary and charting of streaming data
• Intuitive interface for a variety of users
• Instant sharing and embedding of dashboards

How to use this image

When started Kibana container will listen on port 5601

Hosting a Kibana instance

sudo docker run -it -d dperson/kibana

Configuration

sudo docker run -it --rm dperson/kibana -h

Usage: kibana.sh [-opt] [command]
Options (fields in '[]' are optional, '<>' are required):
    -h          This help
    -t ""       Configure timezone
                possible arg: "[timezone]" - zoneinfo timezone for container

The 'command' (if provided and valid) will be run instead of kibana

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

• TZ - As above, configure the zoneinfo timezone, IE EST5EDT
• USERID - Set the UID for the app user
• GROUPID - Set the GID for the app user
• ELASTICSEARCH - URL for elasticsearch backend
• KIBANA_INDEX - Index name
• DEFAULT_APP_ID - Default App ID
• TIMEOUT - Timeout for elasticsearch connection
• SHARD_TIME - Shard timeout
• VERIFY_SSL - Verify SSL

Examples

Any of the commands can be run at creation with docker run or later with docker exec -it kibana kibana.sh (as of version 1.3 of docker).

Setting the Timezone

sudo docker run -it -p 5601:5601 -d dperson/kibana -t EST5EDT

OR using environment variables

sudo docker run -it -p 5601:5601 -e TZ=EST5EDT -d dperson/kibana

Will get you the same settings as

sudo docker run -it --name kibana -p 5601:5601 -d dperson/kibana
sudo docker exec -it kibana kibana.sh -t EST5EDT ls -AlF /etc/localtime
sudo docker restart kibana

Complex configuration

Example configs⁠

If you wish to adapt the default configuration, use something like the following to copy it from a running container:

sudo docker cp es:/opt/kibana/config /some/path

You can use the modified configuration with:

sudo docker run -it --name es -p 5601:5601 \
            -v /some/path:/opt/kibana/config:ro -d dperson/kibana

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Issues

If you have any problems with or questions about this image, please contact me through a GitHub issue⁠.