Create index pattern via API

Register a new index pattern via Kibana REST API

curl -X POST http://kibana:5601/api/saved_objects/index-pattern -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"attributes":{"title":"logs-*","timeFieldName":"@timestamp"}}'
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  • Export saved objects
    curl -X POST http://kibana:5601/api/saved_objects/_export -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"type":["dashboard","visualization"],"includeReferencesDeep":true}' -o export.ndjson

    Export dashboards and visualizations to NDJSON

  • Import saved objects
    curl -X POST http://kibana:5601/api/saved_objects/_import?overwrite=true -H 'kbn-xsrf: true' -F file=@export.ndjson

    Import dashboards/visualizations from NDJSON

  • Check Kibana health
    curl -s http://kibana:5601/api/status | jq '{status: .status.overall.level, version: .version.number}'

    Overall health status and Kibana version

  • List all index patterns
    curl -s http://kibana:5601/api/saved_objects/_find?type=index-pattern | jq '.saved_objects[].attributes.title'

    Show all registered index patterns

  • Dev Tools console query
    GET logs-*/_search { "query": {"match": {"level": "error"}}, "size": 10 }

    Run Elasticsearch queries directly in Kibana Dev Tools

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