Transfer Data from MySQL to Elasticsearch

Question

I develop website with PHP, thus working with MySQL as database storage engine. For analyzing purpose I would like to use Kibana (web based analytics and search dashboard). There are two questions I would like to ask.

1. Is it possible to connect Kibana to MySQL? I only used to work with Elasticsearch and Kibana.

2. If Kiban must work with Elasticsearch. Is there any way to transfer data from MySQL to Elasitcsearch?

Answer 1

Kibana only works with Elasticsearch - so you'll need to copy your data across to Elasticsearch.

You could try the river service or else use triggers in MySQL to create posts into Elasticsearch.