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Kibana
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What?
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* `Kibana <https://www.elastic.co/products/kibana>`_ is an open source data visualization plugin for `Elasticsearch </services/elastic/elasticsearch>`_. It provides visualization capabilities on top of the content indexed on an Elasticsearch cluster.

Who?
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* ITS Linux System Administration will provide a working Kibana server. `kibana.linux.bfh.ch <https://kibana.linux.bfh.ch>`_

* Every Member of the ITS Staff can log in to the Kibana Server and analyze all the documents on elasticsearch.linux.bfh.ch.

How?
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* Log in to `kibana.linux.bfh.ch <https://kibana.linux.bfh.ch>`_ with your domain account.

* Search! :-)

* Hands on: `Discover <https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/discover.html>`_

* Help with search syntax: `Lucene query parse syntax <https://lucene.apache.org/core/2_9_4/queryparsersyntax.html>`_ or `Elasticsearch Query DSL <https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current//query-dsl.html>`_