QUESTION: how do I debug kibana? Is there an error log?
DETAILS: Here's me starting kibana, making a request to the port, getting nothing, and checking the service again. The service doesn't stay up, but I'm not sure why.
vagrant@default-ubuntu-1204:/opt/kibana/current/config$ sudo service kibana start
kibana start/running, process 11774
vagrant@default-ubuntu-1204:/opt/kibana/current/config$ curl -XGET 'http://localhost:5601'
curl: (7) couldn't connect to host
vagrant@default-ubuntu-1204:/opt/kibana/current/config$ sudo service kibana status
kibana stop/waiting
Here's the nginx log, reporting when I curl -XGET from port 80, which is forwarding to port 5601:
2015/06/15 17:32:17 [error] 9082#0: *11 connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream, client: 127.0.0.1, server: kibana, request: "GET / HTTP/1.1", upstream: "http://127.0.0.1:5601/", host: "localhost"
UPDATE: I may have overthought this a bit. I'm still interested in ways to view the kibana log, however! Any suggestions are appreciated!
I've noticed that when I run kibana from the command-line, I see errors that are more descriptive than a "Connection refused":
vagrant@default-ubuntu-1204:/opt/kibana/current$ bin/kibana
{"@timestamp":"2015-06-15T22:04:43.344Z","level":"error","message":"Service Unavailable","node_env":"production","error":{"message":"Service Unavailable","name":"Error","stack":"Error: Service Unavailable\n at respond (/usr/local/kibana-4.0.2/src/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:235:15)\n at checkRespForFailure (/usr/local/kibana-4.0.2/src/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:203:7)\n at HttpConnector.<anonymous> (/usr/local/kibana-4.0.2/src/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/connectors/http.js:156:7)\n at IncomingMessage.bound (/usr/local/kibana-4.0.2/src/node_modules/elasticsearch/node_modules/lodash-node/modern/internals/baseBind.js:56:17)\n at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:117:20)\n at _stream_readable.js:944:16\n at process._tickCallback (node.js:442:13)\n"}}
{"@timestamp":"2015-06-15T22:04:43.346Z","level":"fatal","message":"Service Unavailable","node_env":"production","error":{"message":"Service Unavailable","name":"Error","stack":"Error: Service Unavailable\n at respond (/usr/local/kibana-4.0.2/src/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:235:15)\n at checkRespForFailure (/usr/local/kibana-4.0.2/src/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/transport.js:203:7)\n at HttpConnector.<anonymous> (/usr/local/kibana-4.0.2/src/node_modules/elasticsearch/src/lib/connectors/http.js:156:7)\n at IncomingMessage.bound (/usr/local/kibana-4.0.2/src/node_modules/elasticsearch/node_modules/lodash-node/modern/internals/baseBind.js:56:17)\n at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:117:20)\n at _stream_readable.js:944:16\n at process._tickCallback (node.js:442:13)\n"}}
vagrant@default-ubuntu-1204:/opt/kibana/current$
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kibana-4
Kibana doesn't have a log file by default. but you can set it up using log_file Kibana server property - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kibana-server-properties.html
In kibana 4.0.2 there is no --log-file option. If I start kibana as a service with systemctl start kibana I find log in /var/log/messages
It seems that you need to pass a flag "-l, --log-file"
https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/3407
Usage: kibana [options]
Kibana is an open source (Apache Licensed), browser based analytics and search dashboard for Elasticsearch.
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-e, --elasticsearch <uri> Elasticsearch instance
-c, --config <path> Path to the config file
-p, --port <port> The port to bind to
-q, --quiet Turns off logging
-H, --host <host> The host to bind to
-l, --log-file <path> The file to log to
--plugins <path> Path to scan for plugins
If you use the init script to run as a service, maybe you will need to customize it.
For kibana 6.x on Windows, edit the shortcut to "kibana -l " folder must exist.
Source: Stackoverflow.com