Winlogbeat error to connecting to kinaba

Hello to all.
I use a package of ELK that use this address (http://x.x.x.x/app/kibana) to open home page and don't using 5601 port for connecting to the kibana in the URL. now my problem is that how the winlogbeat can connect to this status? please pay attention to the result of running command 2, in the following.
thanks.


more information :
running command 1 :
C:\winlogbeat>winlogbeat.exe test config -c .\winlogbeat.yml –e


result :
... The registered_domain processor is beta.
Config OK


running command 2 :
.\winlogbeat.exe setup --dashboards

result :
Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable)
Exiting: error connecting to Kibana: fail to get the Kibana version: HTTP GET request to http://192.168.1.222:5601/app/api/status fails: fail to execute the HTTP GET request: Get http://192.168.1.222:5601/app/api/status: dial tcp 192.168.1.222:5601: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.. Response: .

Hi

could you share your winlogbeat.yml ?

thx & best,
Matthias

Thank you for your attention.



###################### Winlogbeat Configuration Example ########################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The winlogbeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains
# all the supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/index.html

# ======================== Winlogbeat specific options =========================

# event_logs specifies a list of event logs to monitor as well as any
# accompanying options. The YAML data type of event_logs is a list of
# dictionaries.
#
# The supported keys are name (required), tags, fields, fields_under_root,
# forwarded, ignore_older, level, event_id, provider, and include_xml. Please
# visit the documentation for the complete details of each option.
# https://go.es.io/WinlogbeatConfig

winlogbeat.event_logs:
  - name: Application
    ignore_older: 72h

  - name: System

  - name: Security
    processors:
      - script:
          lang: javascript
          id: security
          file: ${path.home}/module/security/config/winlogbeat-security.js

  - name: Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
    processors:
      - script:
          lang: javascript
          id: sysmon
          file: ${path.home}/module/sysmon/config/winlogbeat-sysmon.js

  - name: ForwardedEvents
    tags: [forwarded]
    processors:
      - script:
          when.equals.winlog.channel: Security
          lang: javascript
          id: security
          file: ${path.home}/module/security/config/winlogbeat-security.js
      - script:
          when.equals.winlog.channel: Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
          lang: javascript
          id: sysmon
          file: ${path.home}/module/sysmon/config/winlogbeat-sysmon.js

# ====================== Elasticsearch template settings =======================

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  #index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false


# ================================== General ===================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.

name : winlogbeat

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]
tags: ["windows_systems"]
# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
#  env: staging

# ================================= Dashboards =================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here or by using the `setup` command.
#setup.dashboards.enabled: false
setup.dashboards.enabled: true
# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
setup.dashboards.url: "http://192.168.1.222/app/kibana"

# =================================== Kibana ===================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  #host: "localhost:5601"
  host: "192.168.1.222:5601"
  # Kibana Space ID
  # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
  # the Default Space will be used.
  #space.id:

# =============================== Elastic Cloud ================================

# These settings simplify using Winlogbeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:

# ================================== Outputs ===================================

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

# ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  #hosts: ["localhost:9200"]
  hosts: ["192.168.1.222:9200"]
  # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
  #protocol: "https"

  # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
  #api_key: "id:api_key"
  #username: "elastic"
  #password: "changeme"

# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
#output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
  #hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"
  hosts: ["192.168.1.222:5044"]
# ================================= Processors =================================
processors:
  - add_host_metadata:
      when.not.contains.tags: forwarded
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~

# ================================== Logging ===================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]

# ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ==============================
# Winlogbeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster.  This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch.  The
# reporting is disabled by default.

# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#monitoring.enabled: false

# Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
# Winlogbeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
# is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
#monitoring.cluster_uuid:

# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well.
# Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster.
# Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch
# output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such
# that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply
# uncomment the following line.
#monitoring.elasticsearch:

# ================================= Migration ==================================

# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true

also, The same message appears, for all of the following values.

  1. host: "192.168.1.222:5601"
  2. host: "http://192.168.1.222/app/kibana#/home"
  3. host: "http://192.168.1.222:5601/app/kibana#/home"

Where are you running the winlogbeat? if it's an external machine, is 192.168.1.222:5601 accessible from this machine?

thx and best,
Matthias

I run the winlogbeat, on windows 10 (ip:192.168.1.118) and the kibana is accessible without port number by http://192.168.1.222/app/kibana address.

in the yml you shared you've configured :5601 , pls try without

best,
Matthias

Hello Ali,

are you trying to load default winlogbeat dashboards into Kibana?
If so then you do not need this part:
setup.dashboards.url: "http://192.168.1.222/app/kibana"

This setting tells the beat where to download the dashboards FROM not where your Kibana host is located. When you disable/comment out that line your beat will use its default (local) archive and it should work.
I put your configuration into my winlogbeat which I know can access Kibana and was able to reproduce your error message. Commenting out that line worked.

Two more things I saw in your .yml file, although they are not responsible for your errors they make for an overall cleaner config file:
name : winlogbeat should be put in quotation marks name : "winlogbeat"

Also you are listing your Logstash host in the logstash.output section but you didnt activate the logstash output.

#output.logstash: <--- commented out
  # The Logstash hosts
  #hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"
  hosts: ["192.168.1.222:5044"]  <---- logstash host

This isnt causing any actual errors but my winlogbeat at least interpreted the second host line as another elasticsearch host and tried to connect to an ES instance on port 5044 which just causes unnecessary traffic.

I made the change but unfortunately it didn't fix.Maybe this will help: i use a virtual machine of the bitnami ELK version on 192.168.1.222.

I made the change but unfortunately it didn't fix.Maybe this will help: i use a virtual machine of the bitnami ELK version on 192.168.1.222.

thanks from all.
I fixed it by opening the 5601 port on the firewall of destination server. :upside_down_face:

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