# Run Kibana as service on CentOS **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [June 19, 2015, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971 "2015-06-19T09:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MattStibbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@MattStibbs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MattStibbs)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 9:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/1 "2015-06-19T09:09:03Z")
Hi there, I am trying to get Kibana up and running on Centos. Following the instructions on the elastic site, I can successfully download the files and run in the console. But is there any guidance anywhere that helps me get this set up to run as a service for a production environment? Any help appreciated. Matt ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/2 "2015-06-20T01:31:34Z")
We're working on that, as part of providing KB4 packages. In the meantime it's pretty simple to build an init script to handle it, just copy an existing one and modify it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MattStibbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@MattStibbs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MattStibbs)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/3 "2015-06-23T09:53:26Z")
OK - thanks! 😄 ---
**Author:** ![jcollie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jcollie/32/567_2.png) [@jcollie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jcollie)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/4 "2015-06-23T15:10:00Z")
Here's the systemd service file I'm using on my CentOS 7 systems for Kibana 4.1: ``` [Unit] Description=Kibana 4 [Service] Type=simple User=logstash Environment=CONFIG_PATH=/etc/kibana/kibana.yml Environment=NODE_ENV=production ExecStart=/opt/kibana-{{ kibana_version }}/node/bin/node /opt/kibana-{{ kibana_version }}/src/bin/kibana.js [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` ---
**Author:** ![jcollie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jcollie/32/567_2.png) [@jcollie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jcollie)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/5 "2015-06-23T15:50:56Z")
Here's the service file that I use on CentOS 7 to run Kibana 4.1: ``` [Unit] Description=Kibana 4 [Service] Type=simple User=logstash Environment=CONFIG_PATH=/etc/kibana/kibana.yml Environment=NODE_ENV=production ExecStart=/opt/kibana-4.1.0/node/bin/node /opt/kibana-4.1.0/src/bin/kibana.js [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ``` ---
**Author:** ![MattStibbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@MattStibbs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MattStibbs)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/7 "2015-06-23T17:42:13Z")
Thank you - this is working great 😄 ---
**Author:** ![jcollie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jcollie/32/567_2.png) [@jcollie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jcollie)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/8 "2015-06-23T18:09:11Z")
For the record, you'd put it into "/etc/systemd/system/kibana.service". Whenever changing systemd unit files it's a good idea to do: systemctl daemon-reload Then you can start the service with: systemctl start kibana ---
**Author:** ![MattStibbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@MattStibbs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MattStibbs)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 7:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/9 "2015-06-24T07:03:28Z")
Thanks Jeffrey 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![KIVagant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kivagant/32/7182_2.png) [@KIVagant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KIVagant)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/10 "2016-01-15T08:48:23Z")
Hello, Jeffrey. I'm trying to run Kibana with [this setup guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/1.0.1/getting-started.html#logstash-input-update) In this case I don't have file src/bin/kibana.js in extracted folder. How I can register the systemctl service with /opt/kibana-4.3.1/bin/kibana run command? Thank you **Up:** OK. I'm already found [this init script](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cjcotton/init-kibana/master/kibana) with [instruction](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32068692/running-kibana-4-as-a-service-in-centos). ---
**Author:** ![jcollie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jcollie/32/567_2.png) [@jcollie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jcollie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/11 "2016-01-19T14:31:49Z")
Elastic changed things around in the latest releases. If you'd prefer a native systemd unit file (and who wouldn't!) here's my current one: > [Unit] > Description=Kibana 4 > [Service] > Type=simple > User=logstash > Environment=CONFIG\_PATH=/etc/kibana/kibana.yml > Environment=NODE\_ENV=production > ExecStart=/opt/kibana/4.3.1/node/bin/node /opt/kibana/4.3.1/src/cli > [Install] > WantedBy=multi-user.target ---
**Author:** ![KIVagant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kivagant/32/7182_2.png) [@KIVagant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KIVagant)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/12 "2016-01-19T16:27:57Z")
Thank's again, Jeffrey. I'll try to check your new config. ---
**Author:** ![bibl2008](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bibl2008](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bibl2008)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/13 "2016-06-08T09:47:05Z")
Hello Jeffrey, Can you help for adding this service to autorun for kibana service start after a system was reboot? ---
**Author:** ![rafal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@rafal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rafal)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/14 "2016-07-04T03:00:16Z")
Hi there, I am not sure if this is still valid discussion, if not please just delete this post. If you are interested in systemd, this is how I do it (including start after a reboot). 1. /opt/kibana is a symbolic link to /opt/kibana-4.5.1-1 which makes it very easy to upgrade/downgrade (you can create kibana\_current) if you are using rpm/deb packages. 2. rsyslog (default in Redhat) /etc/rsyslog.d/kibana.conf: $umask 0000 $fileOwner kibana $dirOwner kibana $dirCreateMode 0755 $fileCreateMode 0444 if $programname == 'kibana' and $syslogfacility-text == 'local7' /var/log/kibana/kibana.log 1. Systemd file: /etc/systemd/system/kibana.service [Unit] Description=Kibana After=syslog.target network.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target [Service] Type=simple User=kibana Environment=NODE\_ENV=production Environment=CONFIG\_PATH=/opt/kibana/config/kibana.yml EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/kibana WorkingDirectory=/opt/kibana/ ExecStart=/opt/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node --max-old-space-size=512 /opt/kibana/bin/../src/cli StandardOutput=syslog StandardError=syslog SyslogFacility=local7 SyslogLevel=notice SyslogIdentifier=kibana Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target 1. then enable in systemd: systemctl enable kibana 2. and finally start kibana: systemctl start kibana 3. and optionally check the status: systemctl status kibana \*please execute all commands as root 1. Optionally you can add logrotate to rotate the log file under /var/log/kibana/kibana.log I hope it helps! Cheers, Rafal. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/15 "2016-07-04T03:16:00Z")
The latest versions of KB all come with an init script. ---
**Author:** ![rafal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@rafal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rafal)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/16 "2016-07-04T18:32:02Z")
Hi Mark, I agree, - but how do you get logs from in a separate place (not 'messages')? - you cannot easily pass NODE\_OPTIONS because /opt/kibana/bin/kibana is not including it, you have to add at the end but before 'exec': [-r /etc/default/kibana] && . /etc/default/kibana ---
**Author:** ![Just-Insane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9f8e36/32.png) [@Just-Insane](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Just-Insane)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/17 "2016-11-24T17:49:57Z")
Old topic, I know. If I should create a new topic, please let me know. I am trying to get kibana to output logs to /var/log/kibana/kibana.log so that I can process the http response codes better (using logstash filters), however, I can't get kibana to load after editing kibana.yml. It works when I use /opt/kibana/bin/kibana, and the logs go to the correct file, however, when I try to use the systemd file that comes with kibana, systemd says that everything is working fine, but I am unable to get kibana to load at all. Using kibana 4.4.2 on CentOS 7 ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/18 "2016-11-24T20:42:51Z")
> [@Just-Insane](#): > > If I should create a new topic, please let me know. Please do. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/run-kibana-as-service-on-centos/23971/19 "2017-07-06T13:33:58Z")