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For Version 8.5
Run
elasticsearch-setup-passwords autobofre runningcurl -k -u elastic localhost:9200to get your passwords.Great post, very useful for the first steps.
BTW I love the
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"from the Elastic properties ;-)Thank you so much Diego!! I love the tagline as well! :)
1-i have this message:
2-when i write this command :
curl localhost:9200
3-and this when i run the kibana
@lisahjung
The Kibana download link (Under "For macOS and Linux") is pointing to Elastic Search download page. Please correct it
Hi @informramc! Thank you so much for catching that. Just made the edit. I appreciate ya! :)
Hi Lisa, great post breaking everything down.
I'm having trouble after running the 'curl localhost:9200' command.
I get a response saying 'curl: (52) Empty reply from server'. I'm not sure why, I tried googling but didn't have much luck. I already ran CTRL F in my terminal tab to make sure that the 'bin/elasticsearch' command worked, and it did.
Any clue what I could try?
Hey @hajara!
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and for reaching out.
This blog has some outdated information that I need to update!
This blog was created for version 7 of Elasticsearch.
"curl: (52) Empty reply from server" is a common error message you would encounter when you follow these directions with version 8+ of Elasticsearch.
With version 8, security is on by default. Therefore, the procedure for connecting to Elasticsearch has changed!
Let me walk you through this process.
When you run Elasticsearch by running "elasticsearch.bat", you will find the Elasticsearch log populating in your terminal as shown below.
When you scroll down or use "ctrl+f" to find the term password, you will see this page here that shows the password for the elastic user.
Copy the generated password and enrollment token and save them in a secure location. These values are shown only when you start Elasticsearch for the first time.
In a separate tab of your terminal, run curl -k -u elastic localhost:9200
It will prompt you to enter host password.
Paste the password and press enter.
When you see the following cluster information, it means that you are securely connected to Elasticsearch!
Then you will enroll Kibana with security enabled with the enrollment token you have saved from the previous step.
The steps on how to do that is shown here:
elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/...
Scroll down to "Start Elasticsearch and enroll Kibana with security enabled" section.
Hope this helps!!
Hello, port localhost:9200 asks for an authentication so when I enter in the new command prompt terminal, I get a security exception error. How do I go about this?
Hey @shopiley!
The blog that you were using was created for version 7 of Elasticsearch.
With version 8 which I assume you are working with now, security is on by default.
Therefore, the procedure for connecting to Elasticsearch has changed! (Time to update my blog!! )
If you are using Windows, please post this question on the discuss.elastic.co/
If you are a mac user, follow the instructions below. I wish I could add the screenshots in the comments but it's not working. The description should suffice though!
When you run Elasticsearch by running elasticsearch.bat, you will find the elasticsearch log populating in your terminal.
When you scroll down or use ctrl+F to find the term password, you will see the part of the log that shows the password for the elastic user. Copy the generated password and enrollment token and save them in a secure location. These values are shown only when you start Elasticsearch for the first time.
In a separate tab of your terminal, run curl -k -u elastic localhost:9200
It will prompt you to enter the host password.
Paste the password and press enter.
When you see the cluster information, it means that you are securely connected to Elasticsearch!
Then you will enroll Kibana with security enabled with the enrollment token you have saved from the previous step.
The steps on how to do that are shown here.
elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/...
Scroll down to the "Start Elasticsearch and enroll Kibana with security enabled" section.
Hope this helps!!
please correct the link for kibana download. elastic.co/downloads/kibana
Hey @Deep Roy!
I checked all the links for Kibana download in my blog and it takes you to the right page. Did you have trouble accessing it?