Improved documentation for central logging.

Added a note about Elasticsearch using volume space.
Renamed Kibana guide to central-logging guide.

Change-Id: I0a451b5316a53815a53c62faa2bf993ca34f27e0
Closes-Bug: #1614572
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:maxdepth: 2
bifrost.rst
central-logging-guide.rst
ceph-guide.rst
cinder-guide.rst
cinder-guide-hnas.rst
designate-guide.rst
external-ceph-guide.rst
ironic-guide.rst
kibana-guide.rst
kuryr-guide.rst
manila-guide.rst
manila-hnas-guide.rst

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.. _kibana-guide:
.. _central-logging-guide:
===============
Kibana in Kolla
===============
========================
Central Logging in Kolla
========================
An OpenStack deployment generates vast amounts of log data. In order to
successfully monitor this and use it to diagnose problems, the standard "ssh
and grep" solution quickly becomes unmanageable.
Kolla can deploy Kibana as part of the E*K stack in order to allow operators to
search and visualise logs in a centralised manner.
Preparation and deployment
==========================
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enable_central_logging: "yes"
Elasticsearch
=============
Kolla deploys Elasticsearch as part of the E*K stack to store, organize
and make logs easily accessible.
By default Elasticsearch is deployed on port ``9200``.
.. note::
Elasticsearch stores a lot of logs, so if you are running centralized logging,
remember to give ``/var/lib/docker`` an adequate space.
Kibana
======
Kolla deploys Kibana as part of the E*K stack in order to allow operators to
search and visualise logs in a centralised manner.
After successful deployment, Kibana can be accessed using a browser on
``<kolla_external_vip_address>:5601``.
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in Kolla.
Search logs - Discover tab
==========================
--------------------------
Operators can create and store searches based on various fields from logs, for
example, "show all logs marked with ERROR on nova-compute".
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large scale deployment scenario.
Visualize data - Visualize tab
==============================
------------------------------
In the visualization tab a wide range of charts is available. If any
visualization has not been saved yet, after choosing this tab *Create a new
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will be lost after leaving a page or creating another visualization.
Organize visualizations and searches - Dashboard tab
====================================================
----------------------------------------------------
In the Dashboard tab all of saved visualizations and searches can be
organized in one Dashboard. To add visualization or search, one can choose
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dashboard* option in the menu on the right.
Exporting and importing created items - Settings tab
====================================================
----------------------------------------------------
Once visualizations, searches or dashboards are created, they can be exported
to a JSON format by choosing Settings tab and then Objects tab. Each of the

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:maxdepth: 1
ceph-guide
central-logging-guide
external-ceph-guide
cinder-guide
cinder-guide-hnas
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manila-guide
manila-hnas-guide
swift-guide
kibana-guide
bifrost
networking-guide
kuryr-guide