# How to configure using this force panel?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-using-this-force-panel/52528>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [June 12, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-using-this-force-panel/52528 "2016-06-12T07:12:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![zhaoxiaole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ccd318/32.png) [@zhaoxiaole](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhaoxiaole)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-using-this-force-panel/52528/1 "2016-06-12T07:12:42Z")

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I have a question about your advice. I'm using packetbeat-1.0.0 + elasticsearch-1.3.9 + kibana-3.1.2-packetbeat, I want to draw the network topology, but do not know how to configure, and how to achieve the configuration example of FIG like that, I just want to know how to fill in the kibana3.

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-using-this-force-panel/52528/2 "2016-06-13T11:26:49Z")

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I've never used this feature myself, but have you tried to run the commands given in [docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/current/_viewing_the_topology_diagram.html) ?

It seems packetbeat can maintain host-names itself via elasticsearch. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/current/maintaining-topology.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/current/maintaining-topology.html)

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**Author:** ![zhaoxiaole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ccd318/32.png) [@zhaoxiaole](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhaoxiaole)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-using-this-force-panel/52528/3 "2016-06-14T01:28:47Z")

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I have read the docs, now packetbeat-1.0.0 + elasticsearch-1.3.9 + kibana-3.1.2-packetbeat build me there is no problem, the main question is how to use force panel to draw network topology, this should be how to fill？ ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/5/5d319127320c97478ef91b9c65ce0828ccfed515.png)

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**Author:** ![monica](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/monica/32/3696_2.png) [@monica](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2016, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-using-this-force-panel/52528/4 "2016-06-14T09:30:37Z")

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You don't need to configure anything. You just need to open the`Packetbeat statistics` dashboard in Kibana. [http://localhost:8000/#/dashboard/elasticsearch/Packetbeat%20Statistics](http://localhost:8000/#/dashboard/elasticsearch/Packetbeat%20Statistics).

It's true that the guide is a bit incomplete at the end, so here are the steps:

- load the Kibana dashboards using the `load.sh` script
- open a browser and point to `localhost:8000`
- use the `load` button on the top of the page to load the `Packetbeat statistics` dashboard.

I hope this helps you. Please let me know if you encounter any other problems.

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**Author:** ![zhaoxiaole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ccd318/32.png) [@zhaoxiaole](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhaoxiaole)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-using-this-force-panel/52528/5 "2016-06-15T06:09:33Z")

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You know how to draw the relationship between the various call servers? Similar examples in the figure above, I can only now to FIG, look forward to your reply, thank you

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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 3, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-configure-using-this-force-panel/52528/6 "2016-07-03T07:12:50Z")

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