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Connect Kibana

2 auth methods · updated 2026-09-10

Kibana is a visualization and analytics platform for Elasticsearch, offering dashboards, data exploration, and monitoring capabilities for gaining insights from data

www.elastic.co/kibana

API key

Uses your own credential — Verslay stores it encrypted

Connectable today
  1. 1
    Sign in to Kibana
    Open https://www.elastic.co/kibana and sign in to the account you want to connect.
  2. 2
    Create the API key
    Generate a new API key from the API or developer settings in your Kibana dashboard.
  3. 3
    Copy it immediately
    Kibana usually shows the full API key only once, right after you create it. Store it somewhere safe before closing the page.
  4. 4
    Connect in Verslay
    In the Verslay Hub, open Connections, find Kibana, and paste the API key into the Kibana Base URL, API Key field.
  5. 5
    Verify
    The connection flips to Connected. Run any read-only action once to confirm the credential has the right scopes.
  6. 6
    Rotate safely
    When you rotate later: connect the new credential first, confirm it works, then revoke the old one.

What you’ll paste into Verslay

Kibana Base URL

The base URL for your Kibana instance (e.g., https://your-deployment.us-central1.gcp.cloud.es.io or https://my-kibana.elastic-cloud.com:9243)

required
API Key

Your Kibana API key from Elastic Cloud console

required · secret

Connect Kibana once — every agent can use it

Verslay agents share your connections. Connect Kibana in the Hub and every use-case that needs it lights up — no per-agent setup.

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