# Can't get my filebeat to work

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-my-filebeat-to-work/189803>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-my-filebeat-to-work/189803 "2019-07-10T14:43:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![brianna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6f9a4e/32.png) [@brianna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brianna)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-my-filebeat-to-work/189803/1 "2019-07-10T14:43:03Z")

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I'm new to ELK and I cannot figure out how to get my filebeat to successfully send logs to logstash -\> elasticsearch -\> kibana

filebeat config  
filebeat.inputs:

- type: log  
enabled: true  
paths:
  - C:\Users\smithbrianna\Documents\VMware log files\*.log

output.logstash:  
hosts: ["myservername:5044"]  
username: "**"  
password: "**"  
setup.kibana:  
host: "myservername:5601"  
username: "**"  
password: "**"

logstash config  
input {  
beats {  
port =\> 5044  
}  
}  
output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["localhost"]  
user =\> '**'  
password =\> '**'  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-my-filebeat-to-work/189803/2 "2019-07-11T11:53:28Z")

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Please format logs and configuration files using the `</>` button.

Any errors in the logs?

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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:** [August 8, 2019, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-get-my-filebeat-to-work/189803/3 "2019-08-08T11:53:29Z")

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