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Kibana

In this step, we will create a custom deployment file for Kibana. We will then deploy Kibana to help visualize your Elasticsearch data. We will build on the example provided here

Step 1: Configure YAML

Copy the following yaml document into a file called "kibana.yaml".

Important

This yaml file includes the Ingress for exposing Kibana service externally. If you would like to expose the Kibana service externally via LoadBalancer or NodePort service type, remove the ingress from the yaml. 

apiVersion: kibana.k8s.elastic.co/v1
kind: Kibana
metadata:
  name: kibana
spec:
  version: 7.8.1
  count: 1
  elasticsearchRef:
    name: elasticsearch
  ## Uncomment below if you would like to expose the Kibana ervice with a LoadBalancer instead of ingress
  #http:
  #  service:
  #    spec:
  #      type: LoadBalancer
  podTemplate:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: kibana
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: kibana
        resources:
          limits:
            memory: 1Gi
            cpu: 1
          requests:
            memory: 1Gi
            cpu: 1
---
# This sample sets up an ingress for exposing Kibana service externally.
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  annotations:
    # Add annotation to use the built-in nginx ingress controller
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "nginx"
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: HTTPS
    # Add annotation to use cert-manager for generating and maintaining the cert for kibana ingress
    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-http"
  name: kibana-ingress
spec:
  rules:
  - host: kibana.infra.gorafay.net
    http:
      paths:
      - backend:
          serviceName: kibana-kb-http
          servicePort: 5601
        path: /
  tls:
  - hosts:
    - kibana.infra.gorafay.net
    secretName: kibana-ingress-tls

Step 2: Deploy Kibana

  • In the Web Console, navigate to your Project as an Org Admin or Project Admin
  • Go to Applications > Workloads
  • Select "New Workload" to create a new workload called "kibana"
  • Ensure that you select "NativeYaml" for Package Type and select the namespace as "elk"
  • Click CONTINUE to next step

Create kibana workload

  • Upload the kibana.yaml file from above to NativeYaml > Choose File

Create kibana workload

  • Save and Go to Placement
  • Select the same cluster where you deployed the elastic-operator and elasticsearch workloads
  • Publish workload

Step 3: Verify Deployment

You will now verify whether the required resources for Kibana have been created on the cluster.

After publishing the kibana workload

  • Click on the Debug button
  • Click on the Kubectl button to open a virtual terminal for kubectl proxy access right to the "elk" namespace context of the cluster

First, we will verify the status of the "kibana pods"

kubectl get pod

NAME                         READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
elasticsearch-es-default-0   1/1     Running   0          48m
kibana-kb-59c8f5df99-mm52c   1/1     Running   0          3m14s

Second, we will verify the status of "kibana services"

kubectl get svc

NAME                                                     TYPE        CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)    AGE
elasticsearch-es-default                                 ClusterIP   None            <none>        9200/TCP   49m
elasticsearch-es-http                                    ClusterIP   10.100.112.53   <none>        9200/TCP   49m
elasticsearch-es-transport                               ClusterIP   None            <none>        9300/TCP   49m
kibana-kb-http                                           ClusterIP   10.98.173.238   <none>        5601/TCP   3m48s

Next, we will verify the status of kibana

kubectl get kibana

NAME     HEALTH   NODES   VERSION   AGE
kibana   green    1       7.8.1     4m25s

Next, we will verify the status of kibana's Ingress

kubectl get ingress

NAME                    HOSTS                            ADDRESS         PORTS     AGE
elasticsearch-ingress   elasticsearch.infra.gorafay.net   10.108.234.72   80, 443   50m
kibana-ingress          kibana.infra.gorafay.net          10.108.234.72   80, 443   4m52s

Step 4: Access Kibana

Now, we will try to access the Kibana service via the ingress hostname and login with the default user "elastic" and password from the base64 decoded string retrieved for the default superuser credentials

Access kibana workload