[docs] Include setup instructions for environment variable KBN_PATH_CONF (#90794)

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Jonathan Budzenski 2021-02-10 10:01:49 -06:00 committed by GitHub
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@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ locations for a Debian-based system:
| config
| Configuration files including `kibana.yml`
| /etc/kibana
| <<settings,KBN_PATH_CONF>>
d|
| data

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@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ locations for an RPM-based system:
| config
| Configuration files including `kibana.yml`
| /etc/kibana
| <<settings,KBN_PATH_CONF>>
d|
| data

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@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ important data later on.
| config
| Configuration files including `kibana.yml`
| $KIBANA_HOME\config
| <<settings,KBN_PATH_CONF>>
d|
| data

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@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ important data later on.
| config
| Configuration files including `kibana.yml`
| $KIBANA_HOME\config
| <<settings,KBN_PATH_CONF>>
d|
| data

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@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ The {kib} server reads properties from the `kibana.yml` file on startup. The
location of this file differs depending on how you installed {kib}. For example,
if you installed {kib} from an archive distribution (`.tar.gz` or `.zip`), by
default it is in `$KIBANA_HOME/config`. By default, with package distributions
(Debian or RPM), it is in `/etc/kibana`.
(Debian or RPM), it is in `/etc/kibana`. The config directory can be changed via the
`KBN_PATH_CONF` environment variable:
```
KBN_PATH_CONF=/home/kibana/config ./bin/kibana
```
The default host and port settings configure {kib} to run on `localhost:5601`. To change this behavior and allow remote users to connect, you'll need to update your `kibana.yml` file. You can also enable SSL and set a
variety of other options. Finally, environment variables can be injected into