# Apache solr to index kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-solr-to-index-kibana/52643>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 13, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-solr-to-index-kibana/52643 "2016-06-13T17:44:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![bishaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bishaka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bishaka)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-solr-to-index-kibana/52643/1 "2016-06-13T17:44:26Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to feed Apache solr data (in JSON format) to display in kibana. is it possible to do that? If i take this approach, then I would have to skip on Elasticsearch since ES and Solr are both indexing tools.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-solr-to-index-kibana/52643/2 "2016-06-13T18:04:35Z")

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Kibana only supports Elasticsearch as a backend.

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**Author:** ![bishaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bishaka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bishaka)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-solr-to-index-kibana/52643/3 "2016-06-13T18:06:06Z")

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If the data I want to analyze is in Solr. What is the process I need to take to display in kibana?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-solr-to-index-kibana/52643/4 "2016-06-13T23:38:56Z")

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Extract it from Solr and then index into ES.

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**Author:** ![Miguel\_Cabero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/miguel_cabero/32/66766_2.png) [@Miguel\_Cabero](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Miguel_Cabero)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-solr-to-index-kibana/52643/5 "2016-06-15T13:00:43Z")

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You can use [https://lucidworks.com/products/silk/](https://lucidworks.com/products/silk/).

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-solr-to-index-kibana/52643/6 "2017-07-06T13:50:30Z")

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