Filebeat is an open source file harvester, mostly used to fetch logs files and feed them into logstash. Together with the libbeat lumberjack output is a replacement for logstash-forwarder.
To learn more about Filebeat, check out https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat.
Please follow the getting started guide from the docs.
Please visit elastic.co for the documentation.
If you have an issue, please start by opening a topic on the forums. We'll help you troubleshoot and work with you on a solution.
If you are sure you found a bug or have a feature request, open an issue on Github.
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