Where to find Kibana system log file in Windows 10

Question

I have installed kibana on windows 10 using .zip folder suggested at here

I have updated kibana.yml to store log as below.

I have log folder created as well. I restarted kibana using cmd as well. But nothing shows in log file.

Not sure what am I doing wrong. Leads are appreciated.

Answer 1

I've tested it and Kibana 7.9.2 in Windows 10 (Version 10.0.17763 Build 17763) and logging is working correctly.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Download the kibana .zip package from elastic.co website
2. Unpack the zip to a folder of your choosing
3. Open the config\kibana.yml file with your favorite editor
4. Uncomment the following lines and set the target directory and file name for your logfile.

# Logs queries sent to Elasticsearch. Requires logging.verbose set to true.
elasticsearch.logQueries: true

# Enables you to specify a file where Kibana stores log output.
logging.dest: D:\kibana-7.9.2-windows-x86_64\logs\kibana.log

# Set the value of this setting to true to log all events, including system usage information
# and all requests.
logging.verbose: true

5. Launch a powershell or cmd and navigate to the kibana directory
6. Run PS D:\kibana-7.9.2-windows-x86_64> .\bin\kibana.bat
7. Navigate to the logfile directory and open the logfile with your favorite editor.

{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-10-02T19:39:41Z","tags":["debug","server"],"pid":35608,"message":"setting up server"}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-10-02T19:39:41Z","tags":["debug","plugins-service"],"pid":35608,"message":"Discovering plugins"}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-10-02T19:39:41Z","tags":["debug","plugins-discovery"],"pid":35608,"message":"Discovering plugins..."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-10-02T19:39:41Z","tags":["debug","plugins-discovery"],"pid":35608,"message":"Scanning \"D:\\kibana-7.9.2-windows-x86_64\\src\\plugins\" for plugin sub-directories..."}
{"type":"log","@timestamp":"2020-10-02T19:39:41Z","tags":["debug","plugins-discovery"],"pid":35608,"message":"Scanning 

PS: I've tested with verbose, but you can choose other log-levels (read the instructions in the kibana.yml file)