# Filebeat input setting has no effect on input

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-input-setting-has-no-effect-on-input/204227>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [October 18, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-input-setting-has-no-effect-on-input/204227 "2019-10-18T12:44:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tompson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Tompson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tompson)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-input-setting-has-no-effect-on-input/204227/1 "2019-10-18T12:44:08Z")

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As a test, i set a single logfile as a inputpath like in the example yml. But in kibana, i get everything from /var/log/\* . What did i configure wrong or haven't configured yet?

input setting in filebeat.yml:  
#=========================== 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.

- type: log

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

  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  paths:
    - /var/log/folder/folder/example.log
```

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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:** [November 15, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-input-setting-has-no-effect-on-input/204227/2 "2019-11-15T12:44:25Z")

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