# Connecting kibana with elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 19, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285 "2018-01-19T18:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nada\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nada\_I](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nada_I)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/1 "2018-01-19T18:19:24Z")
hello, i want to monitor the network in elasticsearch cloud so i have 2 questions: 1- how i can enter data and send it to the cluster to monitor it from kibana 2-which software i should install x-pack,elasticsearch and kibana or all? ---
**Author:** ![Nada\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nada\_I](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nada_I)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/2 "2018-01-20T15:11:08Z")
anyone here ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/3 "2018-01-20T17:03:38Z")
Read [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and specifically the "Also be patient" part. Also I don't really understand what you are asking. May be add more details about what you want to do? ---
**Author:** ![Nada\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nada\_I](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nada_I)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/4 "2018-01-21T08:58:01Z")
i want to integrate it in the network using elasticsearch cloud to collect “, organize and search Log data and systems events for errors, security breaches..... etc. i open the kibana dashboard from the cluster which i create and i don't know what i should do after that this message apeared on the dashboard so i want to connect kibana with the data ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/2/b2ce654ef4cef0693cd6a944875841ac09e3f686.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/4/c49fe15c2862045cd49cb82bfd3debd38ad99f0a.png) ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/5 "2018-01-21T09:45:01Z")
> organize and search Log data and systems events for errors, security breaches..... etc. Did you start collecting data with beats? If you didn't, may be start here: [Log Monitoring with Elastic Observability | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/solutions/logging) ---
**Author:** ![Nada\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nada\_I](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nada_I)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/6 "2018-01-21T14:18:05Z")
i understand from this link that i should install elasticsearch, kibana and filebeat and i did that but i can't install all of them as i don't understand where i copy these links and how i install elasticsearch ,beats and kibana hint: kibana dashboared open from the cluster which i create ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/9/99887c0d3b383fcf09cc6ac6c45cbb229d6c08ef.png) ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/7 "2018-01-21T14:41:46Z")
It's unclear to me what you don't understand. So you installed: - elasticsearch - kibana - filebeat Right? Then you started: - elasticsearch - kibana Right? And you started filebeat? Whatever you did, could you copy all the exact commands you ran so far so it' easier to understand what you did and where you are blocked. Also share command output and elasticsearch logs. Then please describe what are the logs you want to collect and how you configured filebeat for that. ---
**Author:** ![Nada\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nada\_I](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nada_I)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/8 "2018-01-21T14:53:52Z")
now i don't install anything i don't understand how i can install elasticsearch, kibana and beats i just create a cluster and open the kibana dashboard from it where i paste these links to install them ? i want to collect plain text logs and windows logs and i don't know how i configure filebeat ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/9 "2018-01-21T15:27:20Z")
Start here then: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started.html) ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/10 "2018-01-21T15:28:16Z")
But. Are talking about using [cloud.elastic.co](http://cloud.elastic.co) ? ---
**Author:** ![Nada\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nada\_I](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nada_I)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/11 "2018-01-22T11:10:18Z")
yes i want to monitor the network from elastic cloud and add devices on it ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/12 "2018-01-22T11:25:46Z")
Which network you want to monitor? Where are the machines you want to monitor? What do you mean by monitoring the network? Could you be please more specific? About you initial questions: > 1- how i can enter data and send it to the cluster to monitor it from kibana Install the beat agent(s) you need (depending on your use case) and define the cloud id parameter you can get from the [cloud.elastic.co](http://cloud.elastic.co) interface. Everything is explained in the beats documentation. > 2-which software i should install x-pack,elasticsearch and kibana or all? Elasticsearch, Kibana and x-pack are already installed on [cloud.elastic.co](http://cloud.elastic.co). ---
**Author:** ![Nada\_I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@Nada\_I](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nada_I)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/13 "2018-01-22T12:48:02Z")
ok i need to monitor my local network in my company like searching, see all logs windows logs and plain text logs and see the network traffic to know the network behavior to know when i take pack up of a device if i need to do that and to know if there is high traffic on specific device or not which refer to that there is a malware in the network you mean that i shouldn't install elasticsearch, kibana and x-pack right? are everything i need to do be clear to you now or not ? thanks a lot for your effort 🙂 and sorry for i can't illustrate my needs ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/14 "2018-01-22T13:09:27Z")
> like searching, see all logs windows logs Install Winlogbeat: [Winlogbeat Reference [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/current/index.html) > plain text logs Install filebeat: [Filebeat Reference [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/index.html) > you mean that i shouldn't install elasticsearch, kibana and x-pack right? If you want to use [cloud.elastic.co](http://cloud.elastic.co) which is our elastic as a service offer, available online, you don't need to install elasticsearch, kibana and x-pack. If you don't want to use it, then you have to install: - elasticsearch - kibana On which you can add x-pack if you need advanced features like security, machine learning... or Elastic cloud entreprise (commercial): [Elastic Cloud Enterprise Reference [3.6] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/connecting-kibana-with-elasticsearch/116285/15 "2018-02-19T13:09:31Z")
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