Using Kibana with Tribe nodes

Kibana can be configured to connect to a {ref}/current/modules-tribe.html[tribe node] for data retrieval. Because tribe nodes can’t create indices, Kibana additionally requires a separate connection to a node to maintain state. When configured, searches and visualizations will retrieve data using the tribe node and administrative actions (such as saving a dashboard) will be sent to non-tribe node.

Tribe nodes take all of the same configuration options used when configuring elasticsearch in kibana.yml. Tribe options are prefixed with elasticsearch.tribe and at a minimum requires a url:

elasticsearch.url: "<your_administration_node>"
elasticsearch.tribe.url: "<your_tribe_node>"

When configured to use a tribe node, actions that modify Kibana’s state will be sent to the node at elasticsearch.url. Searches and visualizations will retrieve data from the node at elasticsearch.tribe.url. It’s acceptable to use a node for elasticsearch.url that is part of one of the clusters that a tribe node is pointing to.

The full list of configurations can be found at {kibana-ref}/settings.html[Configuring Kibana].

Due to the ambiguity of which cluster is being used, certain features are disabled in Kibana: