# File Beat Not Starting

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-not-starting/97874>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [August 22, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-not-starting/97874 "2017-08-22T08:26:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![aditya\_soni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@aditya\_soni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aditya_soni)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-not-starting/97874/1 "2017-08-22T08:26:38Z")

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

```

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common

# options. The filebeat.full.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](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html)

#=========================== Filebeat prospectors =============================

filebeat.prospectors:

# Each - is a prospector. Most options can be set at the prospector level, so

# you can use different prospectors for various configurations.

# Below are the prospector specific configurations.

# Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.

paths:

- E:\ELK-STACK\logstash-tutorial-dataset.log  
input\_type: log  
document\_type: apachelogs

#================================ 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

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

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

# Multiple outputs may be used.

#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------  
#output.elasticsearch:

# Array of hosts to connect to.

# hosts: ["localhost:9200"]

# Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.

#protocol: "https"  
#username: "elastic"  
#password: "changeme"

#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------  
output.logstash:

# The Logstash hosts

hosts: ["localhost:5043"]

# 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"

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

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.

# Available log levels are: critical, 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",

# "publish", "service".

#logging.selectors: ["\*"]

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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:** [September 19, 2017, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-not-starting/97874/2 "2017-09-19T08:26:47Z")

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