# Can't discover created logs in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-discover-created-logs-in-kibana/167982>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 12, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-discover-created-logs-in-kibana/167982 "2019-02-12T08:20:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ryukote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Ryukote](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryukote)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-discover-created-logs-in-kibana/167982/1 "2019-02-12T08:20:33Z")

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Hello,

I am relatively new to ELK, so I am probably missing something trivial.  
I have run Elasticsearch and Kibana via Docker and I have placed FileBeat inside application container where I am writing logs. The problem is that I can't find my logs inside Kibana and I am sure that my filebeat.yml config file is correct.

This is how config file looks:

```
  filebeat.config:
  prospectors:
    path: ${path.config}/prospectors.d/*.yml
    reload.enabled: false
  modules:
    path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
    reload.enabled: false

processors:
- add_cloud_metadata:

output.elasticsearch:
  hosts: ['elasticsearch:9200']
  username: elastic
  password: changeme

filebeat.inputs:
- type: log
  enabled: true
  paths:
  - /var/log/*.log

```

And I am using Serilog (.NET Core) to write logs on the /var/log/ directory.  
When I enter container and go to /var/log I can see my log there, but for some reason, Kibana is not discovering that log.

Does anyone have a clue what am I missing?

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**Author:** ![jen-huang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jen-huang/32/74327_2.png) [@jen-huang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jen-huang)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-discover-created-logs-in-kibana/167982/2 "2019-02-12T17:03:01Z")

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Hi, have you set up all the necessary Kibana items, such as index patterns? The documentation has an easy setup command you can use: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/load-kibana-dashboards.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/load-kibana-dashboards.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-discover-created-logs-in-kibana/167982/3 "2019-03-12T17:03:01Z")

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