# Kibana URL template with relative path **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [April 16, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418 "2020-04-16T23:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![surajbarde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@surajbarde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surajbarde)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/1 "2020-04-16T23:17:07Z")
I have a question regarding Kibana URL templates for fields in the index. 1. I have used relative path for the below URL template. ![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/a/eacbde1361390a797ebafc2c83909690a125cdda.jpeg) 2. On local environment it is replaced with **[http://localhost:5601](http://localhost:5601)**/s/reporting/app/kibana#/..... Which is expected. 3. On my DEV and QA environment also it is replaced with **[http://localhost:5601](http://localhost:5601)** instead of **[http://dev.somedomain.com:5601](http://dev.somedomain.com:5601)** which is not expected. 4. I have my DEV and QA environment Kibana on some domain (DNS name) and everything is working fine except this URL template. **Kibana Setup:** Version : 7.6.0 **Kibana.yml** ``` server.port: 5601 server.host: "dev.somedomain.com" ``` Please let me know what I am doing wrong, or point me in right direction. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Luca\_Belluccini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luca_belluccini/32/33239_2.png) [@Luca\_Belluccini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luca_Belluccini)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/2 "2020-04-17T00:12:31Z")
Hello @surajbarde I've tested this on 7.6.0 and it works fine. I've added a dummy relative path (e.g. `/some/pathname/asset.png`, with no prefix) and I get a link which points to `https://mykibana.instance.com:5601/some/pathname/asset.png`. Did you export the index pattern from your DEV environment and you've imported it in your DEV/QA? If it is the case, then the reason is the fact the `URL` scheme, hostname and port are stored in the index pattern. Can you please try the following? 1. Go to the Index Pattern in Kibana which contains your `URL` field (in `Management` / `Index Patterns` 2. Click on the Index Pattern ID from the URL in the browser address bar (e.g.`http://dev.somedomain.com:5601/app/kibana#/management/kibana/index_patterns/ff959d40-b880-11e8-a6d9-e546fe2bba5f?_g=(refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:0),time:(from:now-90d,to:now))&_a=(tab:indexedFields)` ). The ID in my case is `ff959d40-b880-11e8-a6d9-e546fe2bba5f` 3. Go to the Kibana Developer tool and execute ```auto GET .kibana/_doc/index-pattern:?filter_path=_source.index-pattern.fieldFormatMap ``` Where `` is the ID we grabbed from the address. E.g. in my case is: ```auto GET .kibana/_doc/index-pattern:ff959d40-b880-11e8-a6d9-e546fe2bba5f?filter_path=_source.index-pattern.fieldFormatMap ``` 4. Share the response with us. I've found out a problem with the URL formatter in Kibana with relative links, which has been fixed on 7.6.0. This is not exactly your problem though. > > > Kibana version: > Kibana 7.0.0 through Kibana 7.5.0 > Elasticsearch version: > Elasticsearch 7.0.0 through Elasticsearch 7.5.0 > Server OS version: > Ubuntu 16.04 > Browser version: > Chromium 73 > Browser OS version: > Ubuntu 16.04 > Original install method... Your case might deserve a bug or an enhancement as it seems it has never been reported. ---
**Author:** ![surajbarde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@surajbarde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surajbarde)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/3 "2020-04-17T01:15:45Z")
Thank you for your quick reply @Luca_Belluccini . > Did you export the index pattern from your DEV environment and you've imported it in your DEV/QA? Yes I have developed in local and use the snapshot and restore to promote it to DEV and QA environment. I run below in Kibana Dev Tools for my DEV/QA/local environment, for all index patterns which have `URL` field ``` GET .kibana_1/_doc/index-pattern:448fb160-752c-11ea-874a-89c9b90911fc?filter_path=_source.index-pattern.fieldFormatMap ``` My all responses were empty : ``` { } ``` Please let me know if there is anything else I can check. ---
**Author:** ![Luca\_Belluccini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luca_belluccini/32/33239_2.png) [@Luca\_Belluccini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luca_Belluccini)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/4 "2020-04-17T07:22:39Z")
Can you try the following? ```auto GET .kibana_1/_doc/index-pattern:448fb160-752c-11ea-874a-89c9b90911fc GET .kibana/_doc/index-pattern:448fb160-752c-11ea-874a-89c9b90911fc GET .kibana*/_doc/index-pattern:448fb160-752c-11ea-874a-89c9b90911fc ``` ---
**Author:** ![surajbarde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@surajbarde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surajbarde)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/5 "2020-04-17T16:54:59Z")
@Luca_Belluccini I have tried below queries they both give same results. ``` GET .kibana_1/_doc/index-pattern:448fb160-752c-11ea-874a-89c9b90911fc GET .kibana/_doc/index-pattern:448fb160-752c-11ea-874a-89c9b90911fc { "_index" : ".kibana_1", "_type" : "_doc", "_id" : "index-pattern:448fb160-752c-11ea-874a-89c9b90911fc", "found" : false} ``` Also below gave me exception :There are no external requests known to support wildcards that don't support replacing their indices ``` GET .kibana*/_doc/index-pattern:448fb160-752c-11ea-874a-89c9b90911fc ``` So I tried this in my DEV machine, as I have a space called reporting : ``` GET .kibana_1/_doc/reporting:index-pattern:448fb160-752c-11ea-874a-89c9b90911fc?filter_path=_source.index-pattern.fieldFormatMap ``` Result is showing that origin value is coming multiple times as per the URL template use as **localhost** even if its DEV: ``` { "_source" : { "index-pattern" : { "fieldFormatMap" : """{"clientinfoid":{"id":"number","params": {"parsedUrl":{"origin":"http://localhost:5601" ,"pathname":"/s/reporting/app/kibana","basePath":"/s/reporting"},"pattern":"00.[000]"}}, "corporationcode":{"id":"url","params":{"parsedUrl": {"origin":"http://localhost:5601","pathname":"/s/reporting/app/kibana","basePath":"/s/reporting"}, "urlTemplate":"/s/reporting/app/kibana#/dashboard/d4d630d0-6fa7-11ea-9103-d5c86fe87988?_g=(refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:0),time:(from:now-1y,to:now))&_a=(description:'',filters:!(),fullScreenMode:!f,options:(hidePanelTitles:!f,useMargins:!t),panels:!((embeddableConfig:(title:'SFTP%20Time%20Series'),gridData:(h:10,i:'9d28ce5e-0aa4-45f1-9879-1a8533c896eb',w:21,x:0,y:0),id:'052bbc90-6fa9-11ea-9103-d5c86fe87988',panelIndex:'9d28ce5e-0aa4-45f1-9879-1a8533c896eb',title:'SFTP%20Time%20Series',type:visualization,version:'7.6.0'),(embeddableConfig:(title:SFTP-Corporation),gridData:(h:10,i:'71ac2ec6-682f-4d0e-934c-467ad50cc38f',w:15,x:21,y:0),id:f18060a0-6fa9-11ea-9103-d5c86fe87988,panelIndex:'71ac2ec6-682f-4d0e-934c-467ad50cc38f',title:SFTP-Corporation,type:visualization,version:'7.6.0'),(embeddableConfig:(title:''),gridData:(h:19,i:'551865a8-2bce-428b-bedc-c6f5c831a7c1',w:48,x:0,y:10),id:'32771cf0-6fa7-11ea-9103-d5c86fe87988',panelIndex:'551865a8-2bce-428b-bedc-c6f5c831a7c1',type:search,version:'7.6.0')),query:(language:kuery,query:'corporationcode%20:%20{{value}}'),timeRestore:!t,title:'IMPORT%20Summary%20Dashboard',viewMode:view)","labelTemplate":"{{value}}","openLinkInCurrentTab":true}}}"""} }} ``` So is there any way that this Origin value can be taken from **Kibana.yml** file, so that in each environment we don't have to change it manually. Also I have noticed, that in DEV environment after promotion using snapshot and restore, if I manually change the URL template to give full path with **[http://dev.somedomain.com:5601](http://dev.somedomain.com:5601)** , the links in dashboards works as expected, but the query in **Dev Tools** still returns the same origin value as **localhost**. ---
**Author:** ![Luca\_Belluccini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luca_belluccini/32/33239_2.png) [@Luca\_Belluccini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luca_Belluccini)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/6 "2020-04-17T17:28:16Z")
Hello, The problem is the `parsedUrl":{"origin"` is stored when you define the `url` field format in the index pattern in the original Kibana instance. If DEV is the environment in which you restored the index pattern snapshotted from the local environment, then this is the reason you have `{"origin":"http://localhost:5601"`. I think one way to solve it would be to change the type of `corporationcode` to string in the index pattern via the user interface, save the index pattern. Then set it back to URL with the relative path and save again. Never edit the documents in `.kibana` indices manually. ---
**Author:** ![surajbarde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@surajbarde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surajbarde)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/7 "2020-04-17T22:34:03Z")
@Luca_Belluccini, The solution you gave worked. I have changed the `corporationcode ` type to string and saved it and then set it back to URL with the relative path and saved again -- and it worked 🙂 This also changed `parsedUrl":{"origin"` properly. But this is still manual step. Is there any way I can use any script/curl command/api to change the `parsedUrl":{"origin"` property? So that I can just run that through some script. This way whenever I do promotion to any environment using snapshot and restore, I can just run the script as a part of deployment to solve this issue. Please let me know any way to automate it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Luca\_Belluccini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luca_belluccini/32/33239_2.png) [@Luca\_Belluccini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luca_Belluccini)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/8 "2020-04-17T22:40:24Z")
I see 2 options: - Exporting the index pattern, patching the file and importing it again - Performing a partial update via api I am on mobile now, but the best is to open a bug/improvement issue in the Kibana repository. I can do it if you wish. I'll also suggest you how to patch the index pattern document. ---
**Author:** ![surajbarde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@surajbarde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surajbarde)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/9 "2020-04-17T22:53:58Z")
Thank you @Luca_Belluccini for quick response. Can you open a bug/improvement issue in the Kibana repository, as I am not aware of how to do it. Also The second option you gave : > Performing a partial update via api Can you give me any sample for it, or any reference, like which api to use. > Exporting the index pattern, patching the file and importing it again For the first option, If I use then do I have to do below steps for promotion: 1. Use Snapshot and restore. 2. Then import all indexes which have this URL field(after patching these files). 3. Do I need to this for every environment or just from local to DEV, as the promotion sequence we have is local--\>DEV--\>QA--\>UAT--\>IST--\>PRODUCTION. Second option of a partial update via api looks easy for my condition. Please let me know. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Luca\_Belluccini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/luca_belluccini/32/33239_2.png) [@Luca\_Belluccini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Luca_Belluccini)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/10 "2020-04-18T12:51:53Z")
One possible workaround might be: 1. Get the `index-pattern` using its title or the ID ```auto # Search by index-pattern title GET .kibana/_search { "query": { "bool": { "filter": [ { "term": { "type": { "value": "index-pattern" } } }, { "term": { "index-pattern.title": { "value": "kibana_sample_data_logs" } } } ] } } } # Or if you know the ID GET .kibana/_doc/index-pattern:90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247 ``` 1. Get the content of the field `fieldFormatMap`. E.g. 2. Get the `_id` of the `index-pattern`. E.g. `index-pattern:90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247` 3. Modify the content of the `fieldFormatMap` to replace the URL of your local environment with the correct one 4. Execute a partial update. E.g. ```auto POST .kibana/_update/index-pattern:90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247 { "doc": { "index-pattern": { "fieldFormatMap": """{"url.keyword":{"id":"url","params":{"parsedUrl":{"origin":"https://yourdevenv:5601","pathname":"/app/kibana","basePath":""},"urlTemplate":"/some/pathname/asset.png"}},"url":{"id":"url","params":{"parsedUrl":{"origin":"yourdevenv:5601","pathname":"/app/kibana","basePath":""},"urlTemplate":"/some/pathname/asset.png"}}}""" } } } ``` All those requests can be done using `bash`, `curl` and `sed` and automated in a script. I've opened the following for reference: > > > Kibana version: 7.6.0 > Describe the bug: > Relative URLs keep parsedUrl / origin generated at the time of the creation of the index-pattern. > Steps to... ---
**Author:** ![surajbarde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@surajbarde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/surajbarde)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/11 "2020-04-21T21:05:33Z")
Thank you @Luca_Belluccini This solution worked for me. Also thank you for opening the issue for me, it will be great to have this feature by default in Kibana. Regards, Suraj ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-url-template-with-relative-path/228418/12 "2020-05-19T21:05:34Z")
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