Failed to start Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch

Hi there, i configure suricata->filebeat->kibana but when i Check that data is received from the Filebeat suricata module. There is no data. I think i get an error in filebeat.
any information in my situation: i install suricata, filebeat, kibana and elasticsearch and filebeat.yml file in below:

###################### Filebeat Configuration Example #########################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The filebeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html

# For more available modules and options, please see the filebeat.reference.yml sample
# configuration file.

# ============================== Filebeat inputs ===============================

filebeat.inputs:

# Each - is an input. Most options can be set at the input level, so
# you can use different inputs for various configurations.
# Below are the input specific configurations.

# filestream is an input for collecting log messages from files.
- type: filestream

  # Unique ID among all inputs, an ID is required.
  id: my-filestream-id

  # Change to true to enable this input configuration.
  enabled: false

  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  paths:
    - /var/log/*.log
    #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\*

  # Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.

  # Line filtering happens after the parsers pipeline. If you would like to filter lines
  # before parsers, use include_message parser.
  #exclude_lines: ['^DBG']

  # Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  # Line filtering happens after the parsers pipeline. If you would like to filter lines
  # before parsers, use include_message parser.
  #include_lines: ['^ERR', '^WARN']

  # Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that
  # are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped.
  #prospector.scanner.exclude_files: ['.gz$']

  # Optional additional fields. These fields can be freely picked
  # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering
  #fields:
  #  level: debug
  #  review: 1

# ============================== Filebeat modules ==============================

filebeat.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: false

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  #reload.period: 10s

# ======================= Elasticsearch template setting =======================


setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  #index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false


# ================================== General ===================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
#  env: staging

# ================================= Dashboards =================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here or by using the `setup` command.
#setup.dashboards.enabled: false

# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
#setup.dashboards.url:

# =================================== Kibana ===================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
setup.kibana:



  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  host: "127.0.0.1:5601"

  # Kibana Space ID
  # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
  # the Default Space will be used.
  #space.id:

# =============================== Elastic Cloud ================================

# These settings simplify using Filebeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:

# ================================== Outputs ===================================

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

# ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
#output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
 hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9200"]

  # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
  #protocol: "https"



  # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
  #api_key: "id:api_key"
  #username: "elastic"
  #password: "changeme"

# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
#output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
  #hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

# ================================= Processors =================================
processors:
  - add_host_metadata:
      when.not.contains.tags: forwarded
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
  - add_docker_metadata: ~
  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~

# ================================== Logging ===================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publisher", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]


# ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ==============================
# Filebeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster.  This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch.  The
# reporting is disabled by default.

# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#monitoring.enabled: false

# Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
# Filebeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
# is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
#monitoring.cluster_uuid:

# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well.
# Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster.
# Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch
# output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such
# that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply
# uncomment the following line.
#monitoring.elasticsearch:

# ============================== Instrumentation ===============================

# Instrumentation support for the filebeat.
#instrumentation:
    # Set to true to enable instrumentation of filebeat.
    #enabled: false

    # Environment in which filebeat is running on (eg: staging, production, etc.)
    #environment: ""

    # APM Server hosts to report instrumentation results to.
    #hosts:
    #  - http://localhost:8200

    # API Key for the APM Server(s).

    # If api_key is set then secret_token will be ignored.
    #api_key:

    # Secret token for the APM Server(s).
    #secret_token:


# ================================= Migration ==================================

# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true


systemctl status filebeat
● filebeat.service - Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch.
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/filebeat.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Tue 2022-11-08 15:31:42 +07; 9s ago
     Docs: https://www.elastic.co/beats/filebeat
  Process: 16172 ExecStart=/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat --environment systemd $BEAT_LOG_OPTS $BEAT_CONFIG_OPTS $BEAT_PATH_OPTS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 16172 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Nov 08 15:31:41 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 08 15:31:41 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 15:31:41 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 15:31:42 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 15:31:42 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 15:31:42 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for filebeat.service
Nov 08 15:31:42 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 15:31:42 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 15:31:42 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.

Welcome to our community! :smiley:

Can you check the actual Filebeat logs to see what it's saying?

this is my filebeat logs .
i use cmd journalctl -u filebeat.service, is that right?

journalctl -u filebeat.service
-- Logs begin at Tue 2022-11-08 20:06:11 +07, end at Tue 2022-11-08 20:18:59 +07. --
Nov 08 20:18:48 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain filebeat[3468]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 140: did
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain filebeat[3483]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 140: did
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain filebeat[3491]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 140: did
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to
lines 1-23
-- Logs begin at Tue 2022-11-08 20:06:11 +07, end at Tue 2022-11-08 20:18:59 +07. --
Nov 08 20:18:48 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain filebeat[3468]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 140: did not find expecte
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain filebeat[3483]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 140: did not find expecte
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain filebeat[3491]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 140: did not find expecte
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
lines 1-23
-- Logs begin at Tue 2022-11-08 20:06:11 +07, end at Tue 2022-11-08 20:18:59 +07. --
Nov 08 20:18:48 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain filebeat[3468]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 140: did not find expected key
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:50 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain filebeat[3483]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 140: did not find expected key
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain filebeat[3491]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 140: did not find expected key
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:51 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain filebeat[3497]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 140: did not find expected key
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Started Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain filebeat[3504]: Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 140: did not find expected key
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for filebeat.service
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov 08 20:18:52 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.

You need to check the system logs, filebeat logs or journalctl won't show you the cause of the error.

Check /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog, depending on the linux distribution.

But looking your configuration this may see the issue:

You do not have an output configured, you need to uncomment the output.elasticsearch line.

Hi Leandropmp :blush: , thank for replying. After U gived me script, i checked filebeat logs. Here you are.

Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost filebeat: {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-11-08T20:34:39.601+0700","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1093},"message":"Go runtime info","service.name":"filebeat","system_info":{"go":{"os":"linux","arch":"amd64","max_procs":2,"version":"go1.18.7"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost filebeat: {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-11-08T20:34:39.604+0700","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1097},"message":"Host info","service.name":"filebeat","system_info":{"host":{"architecture":"x86_64","boot_time":"2022-11-08T20:06:09+07:00","containerized":false,"name":"localhost.localdomain","ip":["127.0.0.1/8","::1/128","192.168.111.138/24","fe80::81d8:4c2d:7dd8:9375/64","192.168.122.1/24"],"kernel_version":"3.10.0-1160.76.1.el7.x86_64","mac":["00:0c:29:7c:fd:a3","52:54:00:9e:a9:db","52:54:00:9e:a9:db"],"os":{"type":"linux","family":"redhat","platform":"centos","name":"CentOS Linux","version":"7 (Core)","major":7,"minor":9,"patch":2009,"codename":"Core"},"timezone":"+07","timezone_offset_sec":25200,"id":"4ddfa4aebbfc416284cb5e6ebf4305c1"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost filebeat: {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-11-08T20:34:39.605+0700","log.logger":"beat","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1126},"message":"Process info","service.name":"filebeat","system_info":{"process":{"capabilities":{"inheritable":null,"permitted":["chown","dac_override","dac_read_search","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","linux_immutable","net_bind_service","net_broadcast","net_admin","net_raw","ipc_lock","ipc_owner","sys_module","sys_rawio","sys_chroot","sys_ptrace","sys_pacct","sys_admin","sys_boot","sys_nice","sys_resource","sys_time","sys_tty_config","mknod","lease","audit_write","audit_control","setfcap","mac_override","mac_admin","syslog","wake_alarm","block_suspend"],"effective":["chown","dac_override","dac_read_search","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","linux_immutable","net_bind_service","net_broadcast","net_admin","net_raw","ipc_lock","ipc_owner","sys_module","sys_rawio","sys_chroot","sys_ptrace","sys_pacct","sys_admin","sys_boot","sys_nice","sys_resource","sys_time","sys_tty_config","mknod","lease","audit_write","audit_control","setfcap","mac_override","mac_admin","syslog","wake_alarm","block_suspend"],"bounding":["chown","dac_override","dac_read_search","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","linux_immutable","net_bind_service","net_broadcast","net_admin","net_raw","ipc_lock","ipc_owner","sys_module","sys_rawio","sys_chroot","sys_ptrace","sys_pacct","sys_admin","sys_boot","sys_nice","sys_resource","sys_time","sys_tty_config","mknod","lease","audit_write","audit_control","setfcap","mac_override","mac_admin","syslog","wake_alarm","block_suspend"],"ambient":null},"cwd":"/","exe":"/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat","name":"filebeat","pid":3914,"ppid":1,"seccomp":{"mode":"filter","no_new_privs":true},"start_time":"2022-11-08T20:34:38.530+0700"},"ecs.version":"1.6.0"}}
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost filebeat: {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-11-08T20:34:39.605+0700","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":293},"message":"Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 8.5.0","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost filebeat: {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-11-08T20:34:39.608+0700","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":325},"message":"no outputs are defined, please define one under the output section","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost filebeat: {"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-11-08T20:34:39.608+0700","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":426},"message":"filebeat stopped.","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost filebeat: {"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2022-11-08T20:34:39.608+0700","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1056},"message":"Exiting: no outputs are defined, please define one under the output section","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost filebeat: Exiting: no outputs are defined, please define one under the output section
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost systemd: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost systemd: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost systemd: filebeat.service failed.
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost systemd: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost systemd: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost systemd: start request repeated too quickly for filebeat.service
Nov  8 20:34:39 localhost systemd: Failed to start Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..

I have a question. In my lab, i dont install logstash, is that a problem if i use filebeat without logstash ???

I say in your Filebeat configuration, you did not set Output.
Configure the Logstash output | Filebeat Reference [8.5] | Elastic

Comment this

#output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
 hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9200"] => please comment this line
output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
  hosts: ["localhost:5044"]  => Uncomment this line, and enter the correct your logstash IP

Hi @tatdat , i dont install logstash, is that my problem?

If you do not have Logstash, you can send log directly Elasticsearch.

output.elasticsearch: => please uncomment this line
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
 hosts: ["127.0.0.1:9200"] 

If you need to parse log, transform data, process log like convert date or something else, you can use the ingest Pipelineprocessor in Elasticsearch.
You can find the good documents in here:

Hope that can help you!

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Another thing, you need to enable authen in output Elasticsearch with Basic Author API Auth

output.elasticsearch:
  hosts: ["https://myEShost:9200"]
  username: "filebeat_writer"
  password: "YOUR_PASSWORD"

API Key auth

output.elasticsearch:
  hosts: ["https://myEShost:9200"]
  api_key: "ZCV7VnwBgnX0T19fN8Qe:KnR6yE41RrSowb0kQ0HWoA"
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Thank you very much, after uncomment and restart filebeat many time, it work :blush:
Cảm ơn anh nhiều ạ <3

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Can i have link to join Elastic Community VN ? So happy when meet VNpeople in here :)))

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