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 And then access Kibana UI by hitting [http://localhost:5601](http://localhost:5601) with a web browser.
 
+*NOTE*: You'll need to create an index for logstash in Kibana, you should just have to hit the create button.
+
+See: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/setup.html#connect
+
 You can also access:
 * Sense: [http://localhost:5601/app/sense](http://localhost:5601/app/sense)