Filebeat

filebeat is a lightweight software developed by Elastic for sending logs is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. Filebeat uses a backpressure-sensitive protocol for sending logs.

filebeat --help
filebeat modules list
-e, --e                            Log to stderr and disable syslog/file output

filebeat -c /tmp/what_to_do.yml -e

Install it in macOS executing: brew install filebeat or brew tap elastic/tap && brew install elastic/tap/filebeat-full or running inside a container and configure it:

Configuration files

• macOS:
  • /usr/local/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml
  • system.yml
• Docker: /usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.yml

And run it:

• filebeat modules enable system

• filebeat setup (Requires Kibana running and reachable)

filebeat setup
Exiting: 1 error: setting 'filebeat.prospectors' has been removed 
 Modifiy filebeat.yml file and connect to Kibana: http://localhost:5601/

• filebeat -e

-e Log to stderr and disable syslog/file output

Activities

• Review Ansible galaxy: https://galaxy.ansible.com/geerlingguy/filebeat

Related terms

• Lumberjack protocol, port 5044
• Metricbeat
• Metric colletion tools

See also

• filebeat [ modules | test | setup | export ], filebeat --help
• Filebeat, filebeat.yml, filebeat --help, Filebeat logs
• Logs, Log collector, log management, log explorer, Linux logging, docker logs, minikube logs, Vector, Logstash, Filebeat, promtail, logfmt, Elasticsearch, fluentd, Mezmo (LogDNA), Scalyr, Loggly, Loki, tlog, cockpit, NXLog, Winston, Amazon CloudWatch Logs Insights, Logz.io, Logflare, Coralogix

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