# Does filebeat cache?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-cache/35369>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [November 23, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-cache/35369 "2015-11-23T23:43:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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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:** [December 9, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-cache/35369/21 "2015-12-09T18:33:04Z")

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@sijis you might consider adding 'Restart=always' to your service file. Otherwise if filebeat is killed for whatever reason it might not restart.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/does-filebeat-cache/35369/22 "2017-07-05T21:57:35Z")

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