Installing X-Pack

In this section, we will take a look at the steps to install X-Pack for Elasticsearch and Kibana. It provides various features, as we have already discussed. It also changes the different views, such as adding the Reporting tab under Visualization and the Query Profile under Dev Tools. Similarly, there are many additions, which we may notice after installing X-Pack. Now let's take a look at how to install X-Pack.

Installing X-Pack into Elasticsearch

To install X-Pack to our Elasticsearch setup, we will need to perform following steps:

1. First, we need to stop Elasticsearch.
2. Move to the Elasticsearch setup directory and then enter the following command:

   bin/elasticsearch-plugin install x-pack

3. After successfully running the command, start Elasticsearch.
   1. Generate default passwords, as follows:

   bin/x-pack/setup-passwords auto

The preceding command will create the passwords automatically, which we will need to copy to log into the system.

Installing X-Pack into Kibana

To install X...