#Setup
- Download and install the JAVA JDK (JRE is not recommended for server installs)
- Download ElasticSearch, Logstash, and Kibana from http://elastic.co
- Extract all to
c:\elastic
- Set the following environment variables
LOGSTASH_HOME=c:\elastic\logstash\
PATH=%PATH%;c:\elastic\logstash
JAVA_HOME=<JAVA install path>
- Install Watcher for alerts
bin/plugin install elasticsearch/license/latest
bin/plugin install elasticsearch/watcher/latest
- Install the Timelion plugin
c:\elastic\kibana.bat plugin -i kibana/timelion
- Install the Marvel plugin
c:\elastic\elasticsearch\bin\plugin.bat install license
c:\elastic\elasticsearch\bin\plugin.bat install marvel-agent
c:\elastic\kibana\bin\kibana.bat plugin -i elasticsearch/marvel/latest
- Install the Sense plugin
c:\elastic\kibana\bin\kibana.bat plugin -i elastic/sense
- Install Elasticsearch as Windows service
c:\elastic\elasticsearch\bin\service.bat install
c:\elastic\elasticsearch\bin\service.bat start
- Start elastic search
- Start kibana
- Navigate to http://localhost:5341 for Kibana
- Log data to Elasticsearch with
serilog.sinks.elasticsearch
nuget package or Nest nuget package - Set up visualizations in Kibana