Filebeat 7.2 for RHEL 5.1: init file changes

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Hi,
I am currently trying to install filebeat 7.2 on an RHEL 5.1.
I am aware Filebeat doesnt support RHEL 5.
But I read the possibility after hacking the init file to not use the god parts in the below answer:
filebeat-5-1-1-running-on-red-hat-5-enterprise
The below is the init script for filebeat 5.1:

#!/bin/bash
# filebeat custom daemon

DAEMON_PATH="/usr/bin/filebeat"

DAEMON=filebeat
DAEMONOPTS="-c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml"

NAME=filebeat
DESC="Filebeat 1.3 32/64 bit rhel5"
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$NAME

case "$1" in
start)
    printf "%-50s" "Starting $NAME..."
    #cd $DAEMON_PATH
    PID=`$DAEMON $DAEMONOPTS > /dev/null 2>&1 & echo $!`
    #echo "Saving PID" $PID " to " $PIDFILE
        if [ -z $PID ]; then
            printf "%s\n" "Fail"
        else
            echo $PID > $PIDFILE
            printf "%s\n" "Ok"
        fi
;;
status)
        printf "%-50s" "Checking $NAME..."
        if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
            PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
            if [ -z "`ps axf | grep ${PID} | grep -v grep`" ]; then
                printf "%s\n" "Process dead but pidfile exists"
            else
                echo "Running"
            fi
        else
            printf "%s\n" "Service not running"
        fi
;;
stop)
        printf "%-50s" "Stopping $NAME"
            PID=`cat $PIDFILE`
            #cd $DAEMON_PATH
        if [ -f $PIDFILE ]; then
            kill -HUP $PID
            printf "%s\n" "Ok"
            rm -f $PIDFILE
        else
            printf "%s\n" "pidfile not found"
        fi
;;

restart)
      $0 stop
      $0 start
;;

*)
        echo "Usage: $0 {status|start|stop|restart}"
        exit 1
esac

Can use the same init script for 7.2? If, not , what changes do I need to make?

Please help me out.

Thanks,
Katara.

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