# Installing Kibana

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/Uy210FjW8Gkz8ykjDZrg/blobs/Fs8iH6ruwpZGgKMMrnhf/234.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Kibana Dashboard</p></figcaption></figure>

* Download the Kibana installation scripts from [here](https://aviznetworks.egnyte.com/dl/8E108LXXpD)
* Copy the tar to the Kibana server and extract using the below command

```
aviz@npbsrv01:~/OPB_Arkime$ tar -zxvf OPB_Kibana.tar.gz 
OPB_Kibana/
OPB_Kibana/stop.sh
OPB_Kibana/kibana.tar.gz
OPB_Kibana/start.sh
aviz@npbsrv01:~/OPB_Arkime$  
```

* Move to the extracted folder

```
aviz@npbsrv01:~/OPB_Arkime$ cd OPB_Kibana/
aviz@npbsrv01:~/OPB_Arkime/OPB_Kibana/$ ls -l
total 312496
-rw-rw-r-- 1 aviz aviz 319979929 Apr 27 12:13 kibana.tar.gz
-rwxrwxr-x 1 aviz aviz       747 Apr 28 11:31 start.sh
-rwxrwxr-x 1 aviz aviz       155 Apr 28 11:33 stop.sh
aviz@npbsrv01:~/OPB_Arkime/OPB_Kibana$ 
```

* Execute the ‘start.sh’ script, the script will perform the following actions
  1. Start the Kibana node on port 5601
  2. Connect to the ES Storage node on port 9200
  3. Start the Kibana container

```
aviz@npbsrv01:~/OPB_Arkime/OPB_Kibana$ sudo ./start.sh 
Loading docker images...
Loaded image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:7.17.3
vm.max_map_count = 262144
WARNING: Published ports are discarded when using host network mode
5dd385bed21e56393906da9a701e61f69f0e433a4c5a3e11c901860882edd189
Access Kibana Dashboard at:
http://<host>:5601

waiting for initialization...
aviz@npbsrv01:~/OPB_Arkime/OPB_Kibana$
```

* Open URL <mark style="color:purple;">http://\<Kibana-server-ip>:5601/</mark> from your favourite browser
* Create Kibana Dashboards

<figure><img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/Uy210FjW8Gkz8ykjDZrg/blobs/QcYfc6Q0ptELmiAFc4TM/123.png" alt=""><figcaption><p>Kibana</p></figcaption></figure>

