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== Installing Kibana

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=== Hosted Kibana

If you are running our https://cloud.elastic.co[hosted Elasticsearch Service]
on Elastic Cloud, you can access Kibana with a single click.

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=== Installing Kibana Yourself

NOTE: Starting with version 6.0.0, Kibana only supports 64 bit operating systems.

Kibana is provided in the following package formats:

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`tar.gz`/`zip`::

The `tar.gz` packages are provided for installation on Linux and Darwin and are
the easiest choice for getting started with Kibana.
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The `zip` package is the only supported package for Windows.
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<<targz>> or <<windows>>

`deb`::

The `deb` package is suitable for Debian, Ubuntu, and other Debian-based
systems.  Debian packages may be downloaded from the Elastic website or from
our Debian repository.
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<<deb>>

`rpm`::

The `rpm` package is suitable for installation on Red Hat, Centos, SLES,
OpenSuSE and other RPM-based systems.  RPMs may be downloaded from the
Elastic website or from our RPM repository.
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<<rpm>>

`docker`::

Images are available for running Kibana as a Docker container. They may be
downloaded from the Elastic Docker Registry.
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<<docker,Running Kibana on Docker>>

IMPORTANT: If your Elasticsearch installation is protected by
{xpack-ref}/elasticsearch-security.html[{security}] see
{kibana-ref}/using-kibana-with-security.html[Configuring Security in Kibana] for
additional setup instructions.


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