Step 1: Install Filebeat
editStep 1: Install Filebeat
editBefore you begin: If you haven’t installed the Elastic Stack, do that now. See Getting started with the Elastic Stack.
To 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, docker for any Docker platform, 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-6.3.2-amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i filebeat-6.3.2-amd64.deb
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-6.3.2-x86_64.rpm sudo rpm -vi filebeat-6.3.2-x86_64.rpm
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-6.3.2-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz tar xzvf filebeat-6.3.2-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz
docker pull docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat:6.3.2
- 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. -
Rename the
filebeat-<version>-windowsdirectory toFilebeat. - Open a PowerShell prompt as an Administrator (right-click the PowerShell icon and select Run As Administrator).
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From the PowerShell prompt, 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.