Install Kibana on macOS with Homebrew
editInstall Kibana on macOS with Homebrew
editElastic publishes Homebrew formulae so you can install Kibana with the Homebrew package manager.
To install with Homebrew, you first need to tap the Elastic Homebrew repository:
brew tap elastic/tap
Once you’ve tapped the Elastic Homebrew repo, you can use brew install
to
install the lastest version of Kibana:
brew install elastic/tap/kibana-full
Directory layout for Homebrew installs
editWhen you install Kibana with brew install
, the config files, logs,
and data directory are stored in the following locations.
Type | Description | Default Location | Setting |
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home |
Kibana home directory or |
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bin |
Binary scripts including |
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conf |
Configuration files including |
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data |
The location of the data files of each index / shard allocated on the node. Can hold multiple locations. |
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logs |
Log files location. |
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plugins |
Plugin files location. Each plugin will be contained in a subdirectory. |
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