# How to draw a sketch map of datacenter in Kibana? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [December 3, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-draw-a-sketch-map-of-datacenter-in-kibana/159097 "2018-12-03T06:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alanno1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alanno1/32/38342_2.png) [@alanno1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alanno1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-draw-a-sketch-map-of-datacenter-in-kibana/159097/1 "2018-12-03T06:49:31Z")
Sorry, I have been searching this topic for a while but got nothing. Is it possible to draw a sketch map of data center in Kibana? For example, we have 20 Racks with hundreds of Servers. Is there any plugin in Kibana to draw this kind of sketch map to monitor all the servers in a real location? The map would be like a health indicator of all the servers and the administrator can know if there is any server went south and know it's real location in server farm. I have tried the latest infrastructure feature of kibana 6.5.0, but it's not a real map of what I expected. Does anyone have the same issue like me? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-draw-a-sketch-map-of-datacenter-in-kibana/159097/2 "2018-12-04T00:43:19Z")
I don't have an exact example of how to accomplish this, but I have seen folks do similar things with [Canvas](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/canvas.html). Also check out a recent blog post about an airport security group using Canvas as it should provide inspiration: [https://www.elastic.co/blog/monitoring-airport-security-operations-with-canvas-and-elasticsearch](https://www.elastic.co/blog/monitoring-airport-security-operations-with-canvas-and-elasticsearch) ---
**Author:** ![alanno1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alanno1/32/38342_2.png) [@alanno1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alanno1)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-draw-a-sketch-map-of-datacenter-in-kibana/159097/3 "2018-12-04T02:44:53Z")
Thanks a lot for your reply and the link you provided. Canvas is also an option that I have surveyed for this topic. But I can't find a similar example of it or any kind of template. It seems I need to make it on my own according to what I need. Anyway, thanks so much for your information, it helps 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-draw-a-sketch-map-of-datacenter-in-kibana/159097/4 "2018-12-04T09:02:07Z")
The following blog posts might be applicable, but are for an older version of the stack. > **[Operational Analytics at Elastic{ON}](https://www.elastic.co/blog/operational-analytics-with-elasticsearch-at-elasticon-2017-part-1)** > > A 3 part series exploring how the Elastic{ON} Operational Analytics demo used the Elastic Stack to understand attendee engagement. Packetbeat, SNMP and Custom Tile Maps. > **[Operational Analytics with Elasticsearch at Elastic{ON} 2017 - Part 2 |...](https://www.elastic.co/blog/operational-analytics-with-elasticsearch-at-elasticon-2017-part-2)** > > This blog post continues the description of the Elastic{ON} Operational Analytics demo, describing how the georeferenced WiFi data collected in the previous post was visualised using a custom tile map... ---
**Author:** ![alanno1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alanno1/32/38342_2.png) [@alanno1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alanno1)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-draw-a-sketch-map-of-datacenter-in-kibana/159097/5 "2018-12-04T10:59:02Z")
Wow, you are the star! Thanks a lot for this info. It looks very complicated to achieve that, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-draw-a-sketch-map-of-datacenter-in-kibana/159097/6 "2018-12-04T11:15:41Z")
Yes, I recall it took a while to get it right. Might be easier using Canvas, now that it is available. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-draw-a-sketch-map-of-datacenter-in-kibana/159097/7 "2019-01-01T11:15:47Z")
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