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Accessing Kibana

Open Kibana in a browser
http://localhost:5601 (replace with your Kibana server URL)

Log in to Kibana
Use credentials configured for Elasticsearch/Kibana

Dashboard Management

Create a new dashboard
Click 'Dashboard' → 'Create dashboard'

Add visualization to dashboard
Click 'Add' or 'Edit' → select visualization

Save dashboard
Click 'Save' in the top menu

Export dashboard
Dashboard → 'Share' → 'Export'

Data Visualization

Create visualization
Click 'Visualize' → 'Create visualization'

Create lens visualization
Click 'Visualize' → 'Create visualization' → select 'Lens'

Create TSVB visualization
Click 'Visualize' → 'Create visualization' → select 'TSVB'

Create Vega visualization
Click 'Visualize' → 'Create visualization' → select 'Vega'

Discover/Search

Search data
Click 'Discover' → type query in search bar

Filter data
Click 'Add filter' or use KQL in search bar

View document details
Click expand arrow next to document

Change time range
Use time picker in top-right corner

Save search
Click 'Save' in top menu

Kibana Query Language (KQL)

Field equals value
field: value

Field contains value
field: *value*

Field does not equal
NOT field: value

AND condition
field1: value1 AND field2: value2

OR condition
field1: value1 OR field2: value2

Nested field query
parent.child: value

Range query
field > 100 or field < 100 or field >= 100

Dev Tools

Open Console
Click 'Dev Tools'

Execute query
Type query and press Ctrl+Enter or click the play button

View response
Response appears in the right panel

Clear Console
Click the trash icon

Index Pattern Management

Create index pattern
Click 'Stack Management' → 'Index Patterns' → 'Create index pattern'

Refresh field list
Click 'Stack Management' → 'Index Patterns' → select pattern → 'Refresh field list'

Set default index
Click 'Stack Management' → 'Advanced Settings' → 'defaultIndex'

Alerts & Monitoring

Create alert rule
Click 'Alerting' → 'Rules' → 'Create rule'

View triggered alerts
Click 'Alerting' → 'Alerts'

Monitor Elasticsearch
Click 'Stack Monitoring' → 'Elasticsearch'

Monitor Kibana
Click 'Stack Monitoring' → 'Kibana'