"No valid url specified" when trying to install Kibana's Sense plugin

Question

I'm trying to install the Sense plugin as specified in ElasticSearch getting started guide, like this:

./bin/kibana plugin --install elastic/sense

However that command seems outdated and the only one that seems possible is this:

./bin/kibana-plugin install elastic/sense

But it doesn't work:

Attempting to transfer from elastic/sense
Attempting to transfer from https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana-plugins/elastic/sense/elastic/sense-5.0.1.zip
Plugin installation was unsuccessful due to error "No valid url specified."

I tried to install it by downloading it locally from here: https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/sense/sense-2.0.0-beta7.tar.gz

And then running:

./bin/kibana-plugin install file:<PATH_TO_sense-2.0.0-beta7.tar>

But I get this error:

Attempting to transfer from file:/Users/raquelalegre/workspace/ORACC/p4-search-tool/kibana-5.0.1-darwin-x86_64/sense-2.0.0-beta7.tar
Transferring 6363648 bytes....................
Transfer complete
Retrieving metadata from plugin archive
Error: Could not find the End of Central Directory Record
Plugin installation was unsuccessful due to error "Error retrieving metadata from plugin archive"

I'm stuck and can't find how to install this :( Any help would be really appreciated!

Answer 1

It seems that Sense plugin isn’t necessary because Kibana (for sure 5.0.1) is shipped with console available from DevTools menu.

If Kibana is installed locally open http://localhost:5601 and choose “DevTools” from the left menu.