---
description: "Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from Kibana"
menu:
  telegraf_v1_ref:
    parent: input_plugins_reference
    name: Kibana
    identifier: input-kibana
tags: [Kibana, "input-plugins", "configuration", "applications", "server"]
introduced: "v1.8.0"
os_support: "freebsd, linux, macos, solaris, windows"
related:
  - /telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/
  - https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.36.1/plugins/inputs/kibana/README.md, Kibana Plugin Source
---

# Kibana Input Plugin

This plugin collects metrics about service status from [Kibana](https://www.elastic.co/kibana)
instances via the server's API.

> [!NOTE]
> This plugin requires Kibana version 6.0+.

**Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.8.0
**Tags:** applications, server
**OS support:** all

[kibana]: https://www.elastic.co/kibana

## Global configuration options <!-- @/docs/includes/plugin_config.md -->

In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support
additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to
modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc.
See the [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details.

[CONFIGURATION.md]: ../../../docs/CONFIGURATION.md#plugins

## Configuration

```toml @sample.conf
# Read status information from one or more Kibana servers
[[inputs.kibana]]
  ## Specify a list of one or more Kibana servers
  servers = ["http://localhost:5601"]

  ## Timeout for HTTP requests
  timeout = "5s"

  ## HTTP Basic Auth credentials
  # username = "username"
  # password = "pa$$word"

  ## Optional TLS Config
  # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
  # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
  # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
  ## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
  # insecure_skip_verify = false

  ## If 'use_system_proxy' is set to true, Telegraf will check env vars such as
  ## HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, and NO_PROXY (or their lowercase counterparts).
  ## If 'use_system_proxy' is set to false (default) and 'http_proxy_url' is
  ## provided, Telegraf will use the specified URL as HTTP proxy.
  # use_system_proxy = false
  # http_proxy_url = "http://localhost:8888"
```

## Metrics

- kibana
  - tags:
    - name (Kibana reported name)
    - source (Kibana server hostname or IP)
    - status (Kibana health: green, yellow, red)
    - version (Kibana version)
  - fields:
    - status_code (integer, green=1 yellow=2 red=3 unknown=0)
    - heap_total_bytes (integer)
    - heap_max_bytes (integer; deprecated in 1.13.3: use `heap_total_bytes` field)
    - heap_used_bytes (integer)
    - heap_size_limit (integer)
    - uptime_ms (integer)
    - response_time_avg_ms (float)
    - response_time_max_ms (integer)
    - concurrent_connections (integer)
    - requests_per_sec (float)

## Example Output

```text
kibana,host=myhost,name=my-kibana,source=localhost:5601,status=green,version=6.5.4 concurrent_connections=8i,heap_max_bytes=447778816i,heap_total_bytes=447778816i,heap_used_bytes=380603352i,requests_per_sec=1,response_time_avg_ms=57.6,response_time_max_ms=220i,status_code=1i,uptime_ms=6717489805i 1534864502000000000
```

## Run example environment

Requires the following tools:

- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
- [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/)

From the root of this project execute the following script:
`./plugins/inputs/kibana/test_environment/run_test_env.sh`

This will build the latest Telegraf and then start up Kibana and Elasticsearch,
Telegraf will begin monitoring Kibana's status and write its results to the file
`/tmp/metrics.out` in the Telegraf container.

Then you can attach to the telegraf container to inspect the file
`/tmp/metrics.out` to see if the status is being reported.

The Visual Studio Code [Remote - Containers](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers) extension provides an easy
user interface to attach to the running container.

[remote]: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers