How to view log analytics using Kibana

How to view log analytics using Kibana

Task

How to view log analytics.

Solution

Use the Kibana service to view log analytics. It is available at: http://<Acura_IP>:30081/. 
User: kibana_user; password: LxY83mXr. 

If it’s the first launch of Kibana, follow these steps:

Log in. Click “Explore on my own”.

Select "Discover" in the "Analytics” section of the menu.



Click “Create data view”.



Enter ‘**’ into the “Name” and “Index pattern” fields, select ‘@timestamp’ in the “Timestamp field”. Click “Save data view to Kibana”. 



Here are some useful filters to search by:
  1. ‘Host:repman‘ – filter for internal agent logs
  2. ‘host:cabrio’ – filter for external agent logs
  3. ‘container_name:*rest*’ - filter for the main service - rest
  4. ‘container_name:*heat*’ - filter Cloud Site related logs
  5. ‘agent_id:*agent ID*’ - logs for some particular agent
  6. ‘ERROR’ – filtering errors.

Enter the filter request, select the date range and click “Refresh”.



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