Kibana: no indices error

None of the existing answers helped, so here a new question.

Usecase: Redirecting syslog (or) monitoring static file.

I have successfully installed logstash (1.4.2), elasticsearch(1.1.1) and kibana(3.0.1) but struggling to get rid of error

No results There were no results because no indices were found that match your selected time span

• I can visit http://example.com:9200 -> Successful 200 message
• Visiting http://example.com:9200/_aliases?pretty -> {} -> empty dictionary !
• The same thing works from this CLI /opt/logstash/bin/logstash -f </etc/logstash/conf.d/10-syslog.conf>

Sample logstash files used are as below. Please let me know, if anything else is required from my end.

1. syslog (listening on port 9000, yes I have added ". @@localhost:9000" to /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf and restarted rsyslog )

   sudo cat > /etc/logstash/conf.d/10-syslog.conf <<EOF
   input {
     tcp {
       port => 9000
       type => syslog
     }
     udp {
       port => 9000
       type => syslog
     }
   }
   filter {
     if [type] == "syslog" {
       grok {
         match => { "message" => "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:syslog_timestamp} %{SYSLOGHOST:syslog_hostname} %{DATA:syslog_program}(?:\[%{POSINT:syslog_pid}\])?: %{GREEDYDATA:syslog_message}" }
         add_field => [ "received_at", "%{@timestamp}" ]
         add_field => [ "received_from", "%{host}" ]
       }
       syslog_pri { }
       date {
         match => [ "syslog_timestamp", "MMM  d HH:mm:ss", "MMM dd HH:mm:ss" ]
       }
     }
   }
   output {
     elasticsearch { host => localhost }
     stdout { codec => rubydebug }
   }
   EOF
   

2. Static file (file present with syslog type of data)

   input {
      file {
         path => "/var/log/awasthi.log"
         type => syslog
         start_position => "beginning"
         sincedb_path => "/dev/null"
      }
   }
   
   filter {
   if [type] == "syslog" {
     grok {
       match => [ "message", "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP} %{NOTSPACE:hostname1}/%{NOTSPACE}"]
     }
   }
   }
   
   output {
     stdout { codec => rubydebug }
   }