here is an quick example of how to install logstash and kibana to get you quick started

install_logstash_kibana_centos.sh

#!/bin/sh
#
# To use logstash you need java
# To use kibana you need nodejs
#
#  java and nodejs are on EPEL
#
   rpm -Uvh http://fedora.mirror.nexicom.net/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
   yum -y  install java-1.7.0-openjdk  nodejs


#  Make the logstsh DIR
mkdir   /opt/logstash


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#  CREATE AN LS ES CONFIG
cat <<EOF>/opt/logstash/es.conf
# ingest 
input  { 
  file   { 
     path => "/var/log/syslog.log" 
     start_position => "beginning"
   }
}
output{elasticsearch{embedded=>true}}
EOF

###################################################


#  Get logstash and start the process
   cd /opt/logstash
   wget --no-check-certificate https://download.elasticsearch.org/logstash/logstash/logstash-1.3.3-flatjar.jar
   java -jar logstash-1.3.3-flatjar.jar agent -f /opt/logstash/es.conf &



#  Get kibana 
   cd /opt
   git clone https://github.com/elasticsearch/kibana.git
   # This tar ball seems to be missing the sample dir?
   # wget --no-check-certificate https://download.elasticsearch.org/kibana/kibana/kibana-3.0.0milestone4.tar.gz
   # tar -C /opt/ -xzvf /opt/kibana-3.0.0milestone4.tar.gz
   cd /opt/kibana/sample
   node  server.js &