Can I use Kibana to visualize log file without elastic search?

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I am some log data stored in log files. I cannot export it to elastic search. Is there a way I can directly use these log files to visualise graphs in Kibana?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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No.

Kibana is an open source analytics and visualization platform designed to work with Elasticsearch. You use Kibana to search, view, and interact with data stored in Elasticsearch indices.

Instead of Kibana use any of these: How do you visualize logfiles in realtime?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Dec 14 '15 at 11:03

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so is there a way to export existing log file to elastic search? – Sandy Dec 14 '15 at 11:17
Yes. You can use `logstash` to export existing log file to `elasticsearch`. – jijinp Dec 14 '15 at 11:19

Can I use Kibana to visualize log file without elastic search?

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