Step 1: Installing Topbeat
editStep 1: Installing Topbeat
editTo download and install Topbeat, 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 Topbeat from our repositories to update to the newest version more easily.
curl -L -O https://download.elastic.co/beats/topbeat/topbeat_1.3.1_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i topbeat_1.3.1_amd64.deb
curl -L -O https://download.elastic.co/beats/topbeat/topbeat-1.3.1-x86_64.rpm sudo rpm -vi topbeat-1.3.1-x86_64.rpm
curl -L -O https://download.elastic.co/beats/topbeat/topbeat-1.3.1-darwin.tgz tar xzvf topbeat-1.3.1-darwin.tgz
- Download the Topbeat Windows zip file.
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Extract the contents of the zip file into
C:\Program Files. -
Rename the
topbeat-<version>-windowsdirectory toTopbeat. - 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 Topbeat as a Windows service:
PS > cd 'C:\Program Files\Topbeat' PS C:\Program Files\Topbeat> .\install-service-topbeat.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-topbeat.ps1.
Before starting Topbeat, you should look at the configuration options in the configuration file,
for example C:\Program Files\Topbeat\topbeat.yml. For more information about these options, see Configuration Options.