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@@ -5,8 +5,16 @@ Kibana is a web application that you access through port 5601. All you need to d
 machine where Kibana is running and specify the port number. For example, `localhost:5601` or 
 `http://YOURDOMAIN.com:5601`.
 
-When you access Kibana, the Discover page loads by default with the default index pattern selected. The time filter is 
-set to the last 15 minutes and the search query is set to match-all (\*).
+When you access Kibana, the <<discover,Discover>> page loads by default with the default index pattern selected. The 
+time filter is set to the last 15 minutes and the search query is set to match-all (\*).
 
 If you don't see any documents, try setting the time filter to a wider time range.
 If you still don't see any results, it's possible that you don't *have* any documents.
+
+[[status]]
+=== Checking Kibana Status
+
+You can reach the Kibana server's status page by navigating to `localhost:5601/status`. The status page displays 
+information about the server's resource usage and lists the installed plugins.
+
+image::images/kibana-status-page.png[]
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