From 27a0ef3fb80c4b43732fc653b4e33766c16ff9e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lisa Cawley Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2018 13:32:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] [DOCS] Adds config file location (#20421) --- docs/setup/settings.asciidoc | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc b/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc index e4dbfdf9ef3f..0d82fa15d7b0 100644 --- a/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc +++ b/docs/setup/settings.asciidoc @@ -1,7 +1,13 @@ [[settings]] == Configuring Kibana -The Kibana server reads properties from the `kibana.yml` file on startup. The default settings configure Kibana to run +The Kibana server reads properties from the `kibana.yml` file on startup. The +location of this file differs depending on how you installed {kib}. For example, +if you installed {kib} from an archive distribution (`.tar.gz` or `.zip`), by +default it is in `$KIBANA_HOME/config`. By default, with package distributions +(Debian or RPM), it is in `/etc/kibana`. + +The default settings configure Kibana to run on `localhost:5601`. To change the host or port number, or connect to Elasticsearch running on a different machine, you'll need to update your `kibana.yml` file. You can also enable SSL and set a variety of other options. Finally, environment variables can be injected into configuration using `${MY_ENV_VAR}` syntax.