# Filebeat docker input type with different paths

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-input-type-with-different-paths/293495>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker, filebeat\
**Created:** [January 5, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-input-type-with-different-paths/293495 "2022-01-05T04:40:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![sahinguler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sahinguler/32/99832_2.png) [@sahinguler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sahinguler)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-input-type-with-different-paths/293495/1 "2022-01-05T04:40:59Z")

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Hi everyone,

I use filebeat for storing docker logs. My docker containers logs path is **/home/docker/containers/${data.docker.container.id}/\*.log**.

But filebeat scans **/var/lib/docker/containers/${data.docker.container.id}/\*.log** defaultly.

How can I give my path for scanning our datas?

In other words how can I change **Configured paths** to my log folder?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![sahinguler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sahinguler/32/99832_2.png) [@sahinguler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sahinguler)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-input-type-with-different-paths/293495/2 "2022-01-05T05:41:14Z")

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**My filebeat.yml file as folliwing:**

filebeat.inputs:  
#------------------------------ Docker input --------------------------------

- type: docker  
enabled: true  
encoding: "utf-8"  
containers.ids:  
- " \* "  
containers.paths:  
- /home/docker/containers/${data.docker.container.id}/\*.log  
multiline.pattern: '^[[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}'  
multiline.negate: true  
multiline.match: after  
exclude\_lines: ["^\s+[\-`('.|\_]"] # drop asciiart lines  
processors:  
- add\_host\_metadata: ~  
- add\_docker\_metadata: ~

#=========================== Filebeat outputs==============================

output.logstash:  
hosts: ["logstash:5044"]

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**Author:** ![Michalis\_Katsoulis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michalis_katsoulis/32/93500_2.png) [@Michalis\_Katsoulis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michalis_Katsoulis)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-input-type-with-different-paths/293495/3 "2022-01-05T10:44:30Z")

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Hi @sahinguler ,

which version of filebeat are you using?

docker input is deprecated in version 7.2.0.  
Try using container input instead. You can see how to set the path [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-input-container.html#filebeat-input-container).

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**Author:** ![sahinguler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sahinguler/32/99832_2.png) [@sahinguler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sahinguler)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-input-type-with-different-paths/293495/4 "2022-01-06T06:05:02Z")

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Hi,  
I use 7.13.3 version

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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:** [February 3, 2022, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-docker-input-type-with-different-paths/293495/5 "2022-02-03T08:05:08Z")

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