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[[metricbeat-module-kibana]]
== Kibana module

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The Kibana module only tracks the high-level metrics. To monitor more Kibana metrics, use our {monitoringdoc}/xpack-monitoring.html[monitoring] feature.

The default metricset is `status`.

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=== Compatibility

The Kibana module is tested with Kibana 6.3.


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=== Example configuration

The Kibana module supports the standard configuration options that are described
in <<configuration-metricbeat>>. Here is an example configuration:

[source,yaml]
----
metricbeat.modules:
- module: kibana
  metricsets: ["status"]
  period: 10s
  hosts: ["localhost:5601"]
  basepath: ""
  enabled: true
----

This module supports TLS connections when using `ssl` config field, as described in <<configuration-ssl>>.
It also supports the options described in <<module-http-config-options>>.

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=== Metricsets

The following metricsets are available:

* <<metricbeat-metricset-kibana-stats,stats>>

* <<metricbeat-metricset-kibana-status,status>>

include::kibana/stats.asciidoc[]

include::kibana/status.asciidoc[]

