- Kibana Guide: other versions:
- Introduction
- Set Up Kibana
- Getting Started
- Discover
- Visualize
- Dashboard
- Timelion
- Canvas
- Graphing connections in your data
- Machine learning
- Maps
- Infrastructure
- Logs
- APM
- Uptime
- Dev Tools
- Monitoring
- Management
- Reporting from Kibana
- REST API
- Kibana Plugins
- Limitations
- Release Highlights
- Breaking changes
- Release notes
- Kibana 6.8.23
- Kibana 6.8.22
- Kibana 6.8.21
- Kibana 6.8.20
- Kibana 6.8.19
- Kibana 6.8.18
- Kibana 6.8.17
- Kibana 6.8.16
- Kibana 6.8.15
- Kibana 6.8.14
- Kibana 6.8.13
- Kibana 6.8.12
- Kibana 6.8.11
- Kibana 6.8.10
- Kibana 6.8.9
- Kibana 6.8.8
- Kibana 6.8.7
- Kibana 6.8.6
- Kibana 6.8.5
- Kibana 6.8.4
- Kibana 6.8.3
- Kibana 6.8.2
- Kibana 6.8.1
- Kibana 6.8.0
- Kibana 6.7.2
- Kibana 6.7.1
- Kibana 6.7.0
- Kibana 6.6.2
- Kibana 6.6.1
- Kibana 6.6.0
- Kibana 6.5.4
- Kibana 6.5.3
- Kibana 6.5.2
- Kibana 6.5.1
- Kibana 6.5.0
- Kibana 6.4.3
- Kibana 6.4.2
- Kibana 6.4.1
- Kibana 6.4.0
- Kibana 6.3.2
- Kibana 6.3.1
- Kibana 6.3.0
- Kibana 6.2.4
- Kibana 6.2.3
- Kibana 6.2.2
- Kibana 6.2.1
- Kibana 6.2.0
- Kibana 6.1.4
- Kibana 6.1.3
- Kibana 6.1.2
- Kibana 6.1.1
- Kibana 6.1.0
- Kibana 6.0.1
- Kibana 6.0.0
- Kibana 6.0.0-rc2
- Kibana 6.0.0-rc1
- Kibana 6.0.0-beta2
- Kibana 6.0.0-beta1
- Kibana 6.0.0-alpha2
- Kibana 6.0.0-alpha1
- Developer guide
NOTE: You are looking at documentation for an older release. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.
License Management
editLicense Management
editWhen you install Kibana, it generates a Basic license with no expiration date. Go to Management > License Management to view the status of your license, start a 30-day trial, or install a new license.
To learn more about the available license levels, see the subscription page.
You can activate a 30-day trial license to try out the full set of Platinum features, including machine learning, advanced security, alerting, graph capabilities, and more.
When you activate a new license level, new features will appear in the left sidebar of the Management page.

At the end of the trial period, the Platinum features operate in a degraded mode. You can revert to a Basic license, extend the trial, or purchase a subscription.
If security features are enabled, before you revert to a Basic license or install a Gold or Platinum license, you must configure Transport Layer Security (TLS) in Elasticsearch. See Encrypting communications.