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Remove dashboard info from Journalbeat (#11931)
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dedemorton authored Apr 29, 2019
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* <<{beatname_lc}-installation>>
* <<{beatname_lc}-configuration>>
* <<{beatname_lc}-template>>
* <<load-kibana-dashboards>>
* <<{beatname_lc}-starting>>
* <<view-kibana-dashboards>>
* <<setup-repositories>>
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[id="{beatname_lc}-template"]
=== Step 3: Load the index template in Elasticsearch
=== Step 3: Load the index template in {es}

include::{libbeat-dir}/docs/shared-template-load.asciidoc[]

[[load-kibana-dashboards]]
=== Step 4: Set up the Kibana dashboards

:requires-sudo: yes
include::../../libbeat/docs/dashboards.asciidoc[]
:requires-sudo!:

[id="{beatname_lc}-starting"]
=== Step 5: Start {beatname_uc}

Start {beatname_uc} by issuing the appropriate command for your platform. If you
are accessing a secured Elasticsearch cluster, make sure you've configured
are accessing a secured {es} cluster, make sure you've configured
credentials as described in <<{beatname_lc}-configuration>>.

NOTE: If you use an init.d script to start {beatname_uc} on deb or rpm, you can't
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{beatname_uc} is now ready to send journal events to the defined output.

[[view-kibana-dashboards]]
=== Step 6: View the sample Kibana dashboards

To make it easier for you to visualize your log data, we have created example
{beatname_uc} dashboards. You loaded the dashboards earlier when you ran the
`setup` command.
=== Step 6: Explore your data in {kib}

include::../../libbeat/docs/opendashboards.asciidoc[]
To start exploring your data, go to the Discover application in {kib}. From
there, you can submit search queries, filter the search results, and view
document data.

The dashboards are provided as examples. We recommend that you
{kibana-ref}/dashboard.html[customize] them to meet your needs.
To learn how to build visualizations and dashboards to view your data, see the
_{kibana-ref}/index.html[{kib} User Guide]_.

[role="screenshot"]
image:./images/journald-log-data.png[Journald data]
[role="xpack"]
==== Want to tail logs in real time?


[NOTE]
=====
You can also use the {infra-guide}/logs-ui-overview.html[Logs UI] in {kib} to
tail logs in real time. By default, however, the Logs UI only shows logs from
`filebeat-*` indexes. To show {beatname_uc} indexes, add the following settings
to the {kib} configuration:
Use the {infra-guide}/logs-ui-overview.html[Logs UI] in {kib}. The UI shows logs
from `filebeat-*` indices by default. To show {beatname_uc} indices, configure
the source to include `journalbeat-*`. You can do this in the Logs UI when you
configure the source, or you can modify the {kib} configuration. For example:

[source,yaml]
----
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default:
logAlias: "filebeat-*,journalbeat-*"
----
=====
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:rpm_os:
:linux_os:
:docker_platform:
:no_dashboards:

include::{libbeat-dir}/docs/shared-beats-attributes.asciidoc[]

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