Summary
In this chapter, you learned about Kibana, along with the basic concepts of Elasticsearch. These help in the easy understanding of Kibana. We also looked at the prerequisites for installing Kibana, followed by a detailed explanation of how to install each component individually in Ubuntu and Windows. By the end, you learned how to import a sample JSON data file into Elasticsearch, which will be beneficial in the upcoming chapters.
In the next chapter, you will understand the Discover tab in Kibana, along with the working of each of its components. You will also learn how Kibana uses it for better understanding of data.