Creating demo visualizations with Apache log data

Now that we have our Elasticsearch index configured in Kibana, we can verify it by clicking on the Discover tab on the left menu. By default, it shows data from the last 15 minutes, which we can change by clicking on the top-right link for duration. We can see our data with the time and _source columns. This view can be customized by adding the available fields from the left menu.

Now, I will create a very simple visualization option in order to explain the customization options. Later, I will explain these in detail. To create a visualization, we need to click on the Visualize link from the left menu, which will open the following screen:

This will show us all of the visualizations that ...

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