When I try to start filebeat using sudo service filebeat start it does not throw any error. But when I do sudo service filebeat status I see the following error ● filebeat.service - filebeat Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/filebeat.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactiv…

Andrew, I mentioned the path in yml incorrectly. It should have been paths and also another indentation issue. I figured it out. Thanks a lot for your response.

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praveen133t April 14, 2017, 3:01pm 2

Never mind. It was a configuration issue. I was able to figure it out.

Filebeat config is OK, but Not Started & Not Working

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