# Kibana Integration
[Kibana](https://www.elastic.co/kibana) is a powerful open-source analytics and visualization platform designed to work with Elasticsearch. It provides users with the tools to explore, visualize, and share insights into their data in real-time.
## In ilert: Create an Kibana alert source
1. Go to **Alert sources** --> **Alert sources** and click **Create new alert source**.
2. Search for **Kibana** in the search field, click on the Kibana tile, and click **Next**.
3. Give your alert source a name, optionally assign teams, and click **Next**.
4. Select an **escalation policy** by creating a new one or assigning an existing one.
5. Select your [Alert grouping](https://docs.ilert.com/alerting/configure-alerting/alert-sources#alert-grouping) preference and click **Continue setup**. You may click **Do not group alerts** for now and change it later.
6. The next page shows additional settings, such as customer alert templates or notification priority. Click on **Finish setup** for now.
7. On the final page, an API key and/or webhook URL will be generated, which you will need later in this guide.
## In Kibana: Create a connector
1. On the sidebar, click on **Connectors** under the **Alerts and Insights** category.
2. Now click on **Create connector**.
3. Select **Webhook**.
4. Enter a **Connector name**.
5. Under **Connector settings**, enter the previously generated ilert Elasticsearch Kibana alert source URL into the **URL** field and change the **Method** to POST.
6. Choose None under **Authentication** and enable **Add HTTP header**.
7. Enter the following header -> `key: Content-Type value: application/json`
8. Save the connector.
9. Now, navigate to **Rules** under the **Alerts and Insights** category.
10. Click on **Create rule**.
11. Enter a **name** and select Webhook as the **connector type**.
12. Choose the previous created ilert connector as **Webhook connector**.
13. Enter the following payload into the **Body** field:
{% hint style="info" %}
This payload contains [mustache](https://mustache.github.io/mustache.5.html) and is not valid for testing the connector.
{% endhint %}
```mustache
{
"alert" : {{{ alert }}},
"context" : {{{ context }}},
"rule" : {{{ rule }}}
}
```
14. Save the rule.
## FAQ
**Will alerts in ilert be resolved automatically?**
No, unfortunately, Kibana is not compatible with ilert's resolve event.
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