Elasticsearch and Kibana

This is an easy to deploy Elasticsearch and Kibana ready to work for OpenVidu Pro.

Prerequesites

• Docker
• Docker compose
• Git

Installation

1. Git clone this repository in any directory:

git clone https://github.com/OpenVidu/elasticsearch-kibana.git

2. Fill the parameters of the .env file. This parameters are mandatory:

• DOMAIN_OR_PUBLIC_IP: Domain or public IP where your installing Elasticsearch and Kibana.
• CERTIFICATE_TYPE: The type of certificate you want to use:
  • selfsigned: Self signed certificate. Not recommended. OpenVidu Pro will not connect to selfsigned certificates. You need a valid certificate with letsencrypt or your own certificate.
  • letsencrypt: Generate a new certificate using letsencrypt. Please set the required contact email for Let's Encrypt in LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL variable. You need also a FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) for letsencrypt to work properly.
  • owncert: Valid certificate purchased in a Internet services company. Please put the certificates files inside folder ./owncert with names certificate.key and certificate.cert.
• LETSENCRYPT_EMAIL: Fill this if you're using CERTIFICATE_TYPE=letsencrypt.
• ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME: Username for Elasticsearch
• ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD: Password for the Elasticsearch user.

3. Execute the deployment with:

docker-compose up -d

And that's it. You will have your Elasticsearch and Kibana ready at:

• Elasticsearch: https://<DOMAIN_OR_PUBLIC_IP>/
• Kibana: https://<DOMAIN_OR_PUBLIC_IP>/kibana

Configure it for OpenVidu

You just need to add/modify this properties in your OpenVidu installation at /opt/openvidu/.env:

OPENVIDU_PRO_ELASTICSEARCH_HOST=https://<DOMAIN_OR_PUBLIC_IP>:443/
OPENVIDU_PRO_KIBANA_HOST=https://<DOMAIN_OR_PUBLIC_IP>:443/kibana/
ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME=<ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME>
ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD=<ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD>