Viewing Elasticsearch data with Kibana
Kibana is the web application that sits on top of Elasticsearch. Kibana takes all of those HTTP API queries and puts them into a platform with a great User Experience (UX) so that interacting with the Elasticsearch data is possible to a layperson.
We'll spend a lot of time learning how to navigate Kibana and perform threat hunting in the next few chapters, but for now, we'll just do a basic introduction and point you to the different apps.
Using Kibana to view Elasticsearch data
Using Kibana, we can view all of the data within Elasticsearch. Additionally, we can use Kibana to control parts of the entire Elastic Stack through an intuitive UI.
Preparation
First, we need to collect the Kibana binary. I'll be doing this on a macOS system, but any OS should be sufficient.
Download Kibana (select your architecture): https://www.elastic.co/downloads/kibana.
Installing Kibana
Now that we've downloaded Kibana, let&apos...