To get the most out of this book

1. Although it is not required but it would be beneficial if you have basic knowledge of charts.
2. You should have a system access where you can install Elastic Stack and can follow the instructions given in the book.

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: http://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/MasteringKibana6x_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, path names, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "To run Logstash, we need to install Logstash and edit the configuration file logstash.conf."

A block of code is set as follows:

input {
     file {
         path => "/var/log/apache2/access.log"
         }
 }

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.1.3.tar.gz

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "To get the statistics, we need to select Statistics from the dropdown."

 

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.