- Filebeat Reference: other versions:
- Overview
- Getting Started With Filebeat
- Upgrading Filebeat
- How Filebeat Works
- Configuring Filebeat
- Configuration Options (Reference)
- Filebeat Prospectors Configuration
- Filebeat Global Configuration
- General Configuration
- Elasticsearch Output Configuration
- Logstash Output Configuration
- Kafka Output Configuration
- Redis Output Configuration
- File Output Configuration
- Console Output Configuration
- SSL Configuration
- Paths Configuration
- Logging Configuration
- Processors
- Filtering and Enhancing the Exported Data
- Managing Multiline Messages
- Configuring Filebeat to Use Ingest Node
- Using Environment Variables in the Configuration
- Specifying Multiple Prospectors
- Load Balancing
- YAML Tips and Gotchas
- Regular Expression Support
- Configuration Options (Reference)
- Exported Fields
- Securing Filebeat
- Troubleshooting
- Migrating from Logstash Forwarder to Filebeat
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This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be removed. If you are running this version, we strongly advise you to upgrade. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.
Step 1: Installing Filebeat
editStep 1: Installing Filebeat
editTo download and install Filebeat, use the commands that work with your system (deb for Debian/Ubuntu, rpm for Redhat/Centos/Fedora, mac for OS X, and win for Windows).
If you use Apt or Yum, you can install Filebeat from our repositories to update to the newest version more easily.
See our download page for other installation options, such as 32-bit images.
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-5.2.2-amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i filebeat-5.2.2-amd64.deb
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-5.2.2-x86_64.rpm sudo rpm -vi filebeat-5.2.2-x86_64.rpm
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-5.2.2-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz tar xzvf filebeat-5.2.2-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz
- Download the Filebeat Windows zip file from the downloads page.
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Extract the contents of the zip file into
C:\Program Files
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Rename the
filebeat-<version>-windows
directory toFilebeat
. - Open a PowerShell prompt as an Administrator (right-click the PowerShell icon and select Run As Administrator). If you are running Windows XP, you may need to download and install PowerShell.
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Run the following commands to install Filebeat as a Windows service:
PS > cd 'C:\Program Files\Filebeat' PS C:\Program Files\Filebeat> .\install-service-filebeat.ps1
If script execution is disabled on your system, you need to set the execution policy for the current session to allow the script to run. For example: PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy UnRestricted -File .\install-service-filebeat.ps1
.
Before starting Filebeat, you should look at the configuration options in the configuration
file, for example C:\Program Files\Filebeat\filebeat.yml
or /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml
. For more information about these options,
see Configuration Options (Reference).