Fork, then clone the kibana repo and change directory into it
下载kibana5.5源码解压后
cd kibana
记得还要 git 初始化下，因为build时候依赖.git目录。
Install the version of node.js listed in the .node-version file (this can be easily automated with tools such as nvm and avn)
nvm install "$(cat .node-version)"
注：没有的话就自己生成一个.node-version，写入6.11.1
Install npm dependencies
npm install
注意：npm --registry https://registry.npm.taobao.org install 用国内源加速
Start elasticsearch. 启动es，然后
npm start
"scripts": { "test": "grunt test", "test:dev": "grunt test:dev", "test:quick": "grunt test:quick", "test:browser": "grunt test:browser", "test:ui": "grunt test:ui", "test:ui:server": "grunt test:ui:server", "test:ui:runner": "echo ‘use `node scripts/functional_test_runner`‘ && false", "test:server": "grunt test:server", "test:coverage": "grunt test:coverage", "test:visualRegression": "grunt test:visualRegression:buildGallery", "checkLicenses": "grunt licenses", "build": "grunt build", "release": "grunt release", "start": "sh ./bin/kibana --dev", "precommit": "grunt precommit", "karma": "karma start", "elasticsearch": "grunt esvm:dev:keepalive", "lint": "grunt eslint:source", "lintroller": "grunt eslint:fixSource", "makelogs": "echo ‘use `node scripts/makelogs`‘ && false", "mocha": "echo ‘use `node scripts/mocha`‘ && false", "sterilize": "grunt sterilize", "uiFramework:start": "grunt uiFramework:start", "uiFramework:build": "grunt uiFramework:build" },
原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/bonelee/p/7606107.html