kibana-verification-codeedit
The kibana-verification-code tool retrieves a verification code for enrolling
a Kibana instance with a secured Elasticsearch cluster.
Synopsisedit
bin/kibana-verification-code [-V, --version] [-h, --help]
Running as root
If Kibana was installed using the deb or rpm package then run
/usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana-verification-code as root
Descriptionedit
Use this command to retrieve a verification code for Kibana. You enter this code in Kibana when manually configuring a secure connection with an Elasticsearch cluster. This tool is useful if you don’t have access to the Kibana terminal output, such as on a hosted environment. You can connect to a machine where Kibana is running (such as using SSH) and retrieve a verification code that you enter in Kibana.
You must run this tool on the same machine where Kibana is running.
Parametersedit
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-h, --help - Returns all of the command parameters.
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-V, --version - Displays the Kibana version number.
Examplesedit
The following command retrieves a verification code for Kibana.
bin/kibana-verification-code