Querying Component Pack data from the Kibana dashboard

Use the Kibana dashboard to run queries against the Component Pack for HCL Connections™ data. This topic steps you through a sample query to get you started.

Before you begin

Before you attempt to use the Kibana dashboard, make sure that you complete the following tasks:

About this task

In this example, you create and run a query to discover the size of the Indexing Queue (for the last 15 minutes).

Use case: As a System Administrator, you need to retrospectively discover whether Orient Me events were processed successfully during a specific time period.

Procedure

  1. Open the Kibana dashboard.
    Open a browser and navigate to the appropriate URL for your environment:
    • non-HA: https://Component_Pack_Kubernetes_master:32333
    • HA: https://HA_load_balancer_host_name/IP:32333
  2. In the dashboard, click the Discover tab.
  3. Create the query by completing the following steps:
    1. Select the *sanity* index pattern.
    2. For Available Fields, add kubernetes pod name and log
    3. In the Search field, type connections.events.indexing
    4. For Time range select Relative and select a time range.

      Typically, you select the time range relative to when the server issues occurred.

  4. Press Enter to run the query.

    The query returns the relevant section of the logs where the pattern "connections.events.indexing" is matched. When you expand the logs, the matched text is highlighted.

    If there are no server issues, then the number associated with connections.events.indexing is 0.