kibana-mcp

MCP server for Kibana / Elasticsearch — log search, aggregations, index discovery, and dashboard browsing via Claude and any MCP-compatible agent.

Why another Kibana MCP?

Existing integrations require a running Kibana instance with browser-level credentials and often wrap the Kibana UI rather than the stable REST APIs. This server:

• Hits Elasticsearch REST API directly for log queries (faster, stable across Kibana UI changes)
• Falls back to the Kibana Console proxy when no direct ES URL is configured (zero extra firewall rules)
• Supports ApiKey auth (best for agents) as well as Basic auth and anonymous access
• Returns both structured JSON (outputSchema) and markdown text so it works with any MCP client
• Is read-only — all tools carry readOnlyHint: true, no data is modified

Tools

Tool	API	Description
kibana_list_indices	GET ES/_cat/indices	Discover available indices with health, docs, size
kibana_search_logs	POST ES/{index}/_search	Full-text log search with time range, sort, size
kibana_aggregate_logs	POST ES/{index}/_search	Terms grouping with count/avg/sum/min/max metric
kibana_list_dashboards	GET Kibana/api/saved_objects/_find	List saved dashboards with search + pagination
kibana_get_dashboard	GET Kibana/api/saved_objects/dashboard/{id}	Fetch one dashboard with panel breakdown

Installation

pip install kibana-mcp

Or run directly with uvx:

uvx kibana-mcp

Configuration

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
KIBANA_URL	Yes	Kibana base URL (e.g. https://kibana.example.com)
ELASTICSEARCH_URL	No	Direct ES endpoint. If unset, ES requests go through Kibana Console proxy
KIBANA_API_KEY	No	ES API key (ApiKey base64(id:api_key) format). Recommended for agents
KIBANA_USERNAME	No	HTTP Basic auth username (used if API key not set)
KIBANA_PASSWORD	No	HTTP Basic auth password
KIBANA_SSL_VERIFY	No	true (default) or false for self-signed certificates

Auth priority: ApiKey > Basic > anonymous.

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your values.

MCP Client Configuration (Claude Desktop / claude.app)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kibana": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["kibana-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "KIBANA_URL": "https://kibana.example.com",
        "KIBANA_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Or with direct ES access for better performance:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kibana": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["kibana-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "KIBANA_URL": "https://kibana.example.com",
        "ELASTICSEARCH_URL": "https://es.example.com:9200",
        "KIBANA_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Docker

docker run --rm -i \
  -e KIBANA_URL=https://kibana.example.com \
  -e KIBANA_API_KEY=your-key \
  ghcr.io/mshegolev/kibana-mcp

Usage Examples

Log Search

Find the last 50 ERROR logs from the API service in the last hour

→ kibana_search_logs(index="logs-*", query="level:ERROR AND service:api", size=50, time_from="2026-04-18T09:00:00Z")

Show 500 HTTP errors sorted oldest first for incident replay

→ kibana_search_logs(index="nginx-*", query="status:500", sort_order="asc", size=100)

Aggregations

How many logs per log level in the last hour?

→ kibana_aggregate_logs(index="logs-*", group_by="level", time_from="2026-04-18T09:00:00Z")

What is the average response time per service?

→ kibana_aggregate_logs(index="logs-*", group_by="service.keyword", metric="avg", metric_field="response_time_ms")

Index Discovery

What log indices are available?

→ kibana_list_indices()

Show me all filebeat indices

→ kibana_list_indices(pattern="filebeat-*")

Dashboards

Find the infrastructure dashboard

→ kibana_list_dashboards(search="infrastructure")

What panels does dashboard X have?

→ kibana_get_dashboard(dashboard_id="<id from list_dashboards>")

Performance Characteristics

• Log search (kibana_search_logs): typically 50-500ms with direct ES URL; add 100-200ms when routing through Kibana Console proxy
• Aggregations (kibana_aggregate_logs): size:0 queries — no hits transferred, usually 10-100ms
• Index listing: single _cat/indices call, O(index_count) response, typically <100ms
• Dashboard APIs: Kibana Saved Objects API, typically 50-200ms; latency is Kibana-side, not network
• Set ELASTICSEARCH_URL directly if your agent does frequent log searches — eliminates the proxy overhead

Development

git clone https://github.com/mshegolev/kibana-mcp
cd kibana-mcp
pip install -e '.[dev]'
pytest tests/ -v
ruff check src tests
ruff format src tests

License

MIT — see LICENSE.