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Provide short instructions to create index pattern 

Fixes #464
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Antoine Cotten 2020-02-11 15:39:15 +01:00
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@ -201,10 +201,14 @@ When Kibana launches for the first time, it is not configured with any index pat
#### Via the Kibana web UI
> :information_source: You need to inject data into Logstash before being able to configure a Logstash index pattern via
the Kibana web UI. Then all you have to do is hit the *Create* button.
the Kibana web UI.
Refer to [Connect Kibana with Elasticsearch][connect-kibana] for detailed instructions about the index pattern
configuration.
Navigate to the _Discover_ view of Kibana from the left sidebar. You will be prompted to create an index pattern. Enter
`logstash-*` to match Logstash indices then, on the next page, select `@timestamp` as the time filter field. Finally,
click _Create index pattern_ and return to the _Discover_ view to inspect your log entries.
Refer to [Connect Kibana with Elasticsearch][connect-kibana] and [Creating an index pattern][index-pattern] for detailed
instructions about the index pattern configuration.
#### On the command line
@ -390,6 +394,7 @@ instead of `elasticsearch`.
[sec-tutorial]: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/current/security-getting-started.html
[connect-kibana]: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/connect-to-elasticsearch.html
[index-pattern]: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/index-patterns.html
[config-es]: ./elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml
[config-kbn]: ./kibana/config/kibana.yml