# Kibana

Generated on 13 Mar 2026 from [the Kibana catalog page](https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/kibana)

Kibana Droplet 1-Click allows you to create a ready-to-use instance of Kibana in a matter of a minute. Kibana Droplet 1-Click pairs perfectly with ElasticSearch Droplet 1-Click as all necessary information for configuration is displayed on your SSH connection.

## Software Included

| Package | Version | License |
|---|---|---|
| Kibana | Latest | [Dual license: Server Side Public License and Elastic License 2.0](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/LICENSE.txt) |

## Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the **Deploy to DigitalOcean** button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

[![Deploy to DO](https://www.deploytodo.com/do-btn-blue.svg)](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/droplets/new?image=sharklabs-kibana)

## Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Kibana 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the [DigitalOcean API](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api). As an example, to create a 4GB Kibana Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following `curl` command. You need to either save your [API access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/index.html.md) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

```shell
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image":"sharklabs-kibana"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"
```

## Getting Started After Deploying Kibana

On your first [SSH login to the droplet](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/index.html.md) or launch of the Droplet console of your Kibana Droplet 1-Click, you will be greeted by the ElasticSearch Droplet 1-Click Message-Of-The-Day (MOTD). MOTD includes useful information such as dashboard address and verification code to configure ElasticSearch with Kibana Droplet 1-Click.

If MOTD becomes inaccessible, you can always retrieve the verification code by running this command:

```
$ /usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana-verification-code
```

Make sure to give your Kibana Droplet 1-Click a minute after creation to start all the services.

## Connecting Kibana Droplet 1-Click with ElasticSearch Droplet 1-Click

After you have created both Kibana and ElasticSearch Droplet 1-Click, [SSH](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh) into ElasticSearch Droplet and copy the Kibana enrollment token from the MOTD:

![Kibana enrollment token](https://do-not-delete-droplet-assets.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%2015.32.36.png)

Next, open the Kibana dashboard in your browser `http://<your kibana droplet ip>:5601`. You will be greeted by the configuration page where you can enter the enrollment token:

![kibana configuration page](https://do-not-delete-droplet-assets.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%2015.36.50.png)

Click `Configure Elastic` and Kibana will ask you for the verification code. You can retrieve it by connecting to your Kibana Droplet 1-Click via SSH and copying the verification code from the MOTD:

![kibana verification code](https://do-not-delete-droplet-assets.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%2015.38.33.png)

Type the verification code in the Kibana dashboard and click `Verify`:

![kibana verification success](https://do-not-delete-droplet-assets.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%2015.39.55.png)

After this, your Kibana Droplet 1-Click will be configured to talk to your ElasticSearch Droplet 1-Click. If it gets stuck on `Completing setup` for more than 1 minute, just refresh the page.

![kibana setup](https://do-not-delete-droplet-assets.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%2015.48.58.png)

The next step will require you to authenticate. Head back to your ElasticSearch Droplet terminal and copy parameters for the `elastic` user:

![elastic credentials](https://do-not-delete-droplet-assets.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/Screenshot%202023-09-21%20at%2015.55.36.png)

Enter these credentials in Kibana, click `Log In` button and you will be welcomed by a configured and ready-to-use Kibana dashboard.

## Droplet Summary

- UFW firewall allows only SSH (port 22, rate limited), and 5601 (Kibana server) access.
- Kibana is installed as an APT package.
- To check the status of the Kibana, use:

```
$ systemctl status kibana.service
```

- Kibana is listening to `0.0.0.0` by default.