Kibana 4 doesn't properly recognize elasticsearch version when logstash workers are connected

[Baramin]

Hi,

When Kibana 4 gets node list from elasticsearch, it looks like it doesn't appreciate seing logstash workers announcing their v1.1.1.

I need to stop logstash, start kibana and navigate the GUI for it to work properly. I can then start logstash.

With logstash running, I get the following error from Kibana :

Fatal Error
This version of Kibana requires at least Elasticsearch 1.4.0.Beta1

SetupError@http://myserver:5601/index.js:39486:51
checkEsVersion/<@http://myserver:5601/index.js:39667:14
qFactory/defer/deferred.promise.then/wrappedCallback@http://myserver:5601/index.js:20763:15
qFactory/ref/<.then/<@http://myserver:5601/index.js:20849:11
$RootScopeProvider/this.$get</Scope.prototype.$eval@http://myserver:5601/index.js:21892:9
$RootScopeProvider/this.$get</Scope.prototype.$digest@http://myserver:5601/index.js:21704:15
$RootScopeProvider/this.$get</Scope.prototype.$apply@http://myserver:5601/index.js:21996:13
done@http://myserver:5601/index.js:17569:34
completeRequest@http://myserver:5601/index.js:17783:7
createHttpBackend/</xhr.onreadystatechange@http://myserver:5601/index.js:17726:1

If I stop logstash, it works as intended.

[rashidkpc]

This is because we require all nodes in the cluster to be at least 1.4.0.Beta1, since it is possible for requests to end up at any node. Logstash's elasticsearch output actually creates an Elasticsearch node. There's really no one to differentiate between logstash nodes and other nodes. The workaround here is to use logstash's elasticsearch-http output.