# Data path already locked by another beat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-path-already-locked-by-another-beat/219852>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 18, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-path-already-locked-by-another-beat/219852 "2020-02-18T19:11:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![yodog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yodog/32/4822_2.png) [@yodog](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yodog)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/data-path-already-locked-by-another-beat/219852/3 "2020-02-19T12:26:41Z")

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**filebeat.logstash.yml**

```
filebeat.registry.path: registry.logstash

processors:
- add_host_metadata:
    netinfo.enabled: true

filebeat.inputs:
- type : log
  enabled : true
  exclude_files : ['.gz$']
  fields_under_root : true
  tags : ["zimbra"]
  paths:
    - /opt/zimbra/log/access_log.*
    - /opt/zimbra/log/audit.log
    - /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log
    - /opt/zimbra/log/nginx.log
    - /opt/zimbra/log/nginx.access.log
    - /opt/zimbra/log/sync.log
    - /var/log/zimbra.log

output.logstash:
  hosts : elastic-zmb-pool
  loadbalance : true
```

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