How to bind Kibana to multiple host names / IPs

Question

Is there a way to bind Kibana to more than one IP address using kibana's config file: kibana.yml? Right now, if I modify the line
server.host: "127.0.0.1"
to
server.host: ["127.0.0.1","123.45.67.89"]
which is valid YML, I get an error.
Is there any way to accomplish this from within Kibana or do I need to do it through a proxy/nginx?

ipeacocks · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-28T15:32:02.213

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Try 0.0.0.0 if you want kibana to be available on real ip and localhost at the same time.

edited Oct 28 '17 at 15:32

answered Jan 07 '16 at 17:17

ipeacocks

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Thanks, that's exactly what I needed! – Phil B Jan 07 '16 at 17:54
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For future readers trying to bind to several IPs, do you know if there's a way to list more than one anyway? – Phil B Jan 07 '16 at 17:55
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0.0.0.0 is for all IPs of all interfaces. – ipeacocks Jan 07 '16 at 19:13
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@ipeacocks 0.0.0.0 is all IPv4 interfaces. To bind all IPv6 interfaces you need ::/0. You might also want both. – Mark Jan 23 '17 at 18:20
So there's still no way to specify multiple specific interfaces (such as localhost and 192.168.0.0/16)? – Artem Russakovskii Apr 25 '20 at 20:29
Funny thing that it requires the following format for ipv6: server.host: "::" – grin Dec 08 '20 at 21:49

score -6 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '17 at 13:49

Install ngrok from https://ngrok.com/, then from your command line type:

ngrok http 5601

Ngrok will create a tunnel to the server and provide you with a url from which you can access your kibana UI.

If you need to acceess the ngrok and the 4040 port is closed on the server then do the same

ngrok http 4040

How to bind Kibana to multiple host names / IPs

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