Managing Kibana Services

This appendix describes how you can manage the Kibana service.

After you install Kibana using the delivered DPK, you can add a Kibana service, verify that the service is created, or delete the service.

Adding Kibana as a Service on Linux

To add a Kibana service:

  1. Open a terminal window, running as root.

  2. Change directory to ELK_INSTALL/setup:

    cd ELK_INSTALL/setup

  3. Run this command to add the service:

    ./psft-kibana-service.sh --add --install_base_dir BASE_DIR

  4. Use one of these methods to verify that the service was added:

    • The output of the following ps command must show a running Kibana process:

      ps -ef | grep kibana

    • Use the systemctl command:

      systemctl status kibana

      This should give an output with the status "active (running)," as shown in the following sample:

      kibana.service - Kibana
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/kibana.service; enabled;vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-09-01 23:05:38 PDT; 9s ago
Main PID: 67149 (node)
Tasks: 11
Memory: 111.7M
CGroup: /system.slice/kibana.service

Verifying that the Kibana Service Starts Automatically

After you install the Kibana service and verify the installation, test to make sure the service starts automatically after you reboot the Linux server.

  1. Reboot the Linux server.

  2. Verify that the service has come up automatically.

    systemctl status kibana

    This should give an output with the status "active (running)," as shown in the following sample:

    kibana.service - Kibana
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/kibana.service; enabled; vendorpreset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-09-01 23:05:38 PDT; 9s ago
Main PID: 67149 (node)
Tasks: 11
Memory: 111.7M
CGroup: /system.slice/kibana.service

Removing the Kibana Service on Linux

To remove the Kibana service:

  1. Open a terminal window, running as root.

  2. Change directory to ELK_INSTALL/setup:

    cd ELK_INSTALL/setup

  3. Run this command to remove the service:

    ./psft-kibana-service.sh --delete

  4. Use one of these methods to verify that the service was deleted:

    • The output of the following ps command should not include any Kibana process:

      ps -ef | grep kibana

    • Use this systemctl command:

      systemctl status kibana