Kibana container: permission denied error related to /var/log/kibana.log

Elastic Stack Kibana
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I figured it out! I updated the YAML file and pointed kibana.log to the directory /usr/share/kibana/logs, to which user 'kibana' has full access, and it works for me now.

there's a logs directory under /usr/share/kibana and owner is kibana:

XXX@XXX:~/elastic-stack-13Jul$ sudo docker exec -it 6f7b907ea419 /bin/sh
$ pwd
/usr/share/kibana
$ ls -al
total 1832

...
drwxrwxr-x 1 kibana root 24 Jul 14 16:14 logs
...

Updated kibana.yml and point log file to this directory:

logging:

logging:
  appenders:
    file:
      type: file
      fileName: /usr/share/kibana/logs/kibana.log
      layout:
        type: pattern
  root:
    appenders: [file]
# New server settings
server:
  host: "0.0.0.0"
  shutdownTimeout: "5s"
# Existing Elasticsearch connection 
elasticsearch.hosts: [ "http://elasticsearch:9200" ]

"docker compose up" and Now the logs appear in the Kibana container:

-rw-rw-r-- 1 kibana kibana 20001 Jul 14 16:14 kibana.log

$ cat kibana.log

[2024-07-14T16:14:19.830+00:00][INFO ][root] Kibana is starting
[2024-07-14T16:14:19.901+00:00][INFO ][node] Kibana process configured with roles: [background_tasks, ui]
[2024-07-14T16:14:27.714+00:00][INFO ][plugins-service] The following plugins ar

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