# Filebeat is not able to send logs to elastic

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker, filebeat\
**Created:** [September 8, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566 "2019-09-08T15:59:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Pankaj\_Kaushik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pankaj_kaushik/32/46958_2.png) [@Pankaj\_Kaushik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pankaj_Kaushik)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566/1 "2019-09-08T15:59:33Z")

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#=========================== Filebeat inputs =============================

filebeat.prospectors:

# 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.

- input\_type: log

#============================= Filebeat modules ===============================

filebeat.config.modules:

# Glob pattern for configuration loading

path: ${path.config}/modules.d/\*.yml

# Set to true to enable config reloading

reload.enabled: true

# Period on which files under path should be checked for changes

#reload.period: 10s

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

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

# The

#-------------------------- Elasticsearch hosts  
hosts: ["[http://9.220.132.5:8080](http://9.220.132.5:8080)"]  
index: "filebeat-%{+yyyy.MM.dd}"

I have this filebeat.yml

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566/2 "2019-09-09T06:00:07Z")

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What does the corresponding Elasticsearch config look like? Is it really listening to port 8080?

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**Author:** ![Pankaj\_Kaushik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pankaj_kaushik/32/46958_2.png) [@Pankaj\_Kaushik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pankaj_Kaushik)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566/3 "2019-09-09T06:19:04Z")

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Yes I am running elastic in docker

So I have exposed the port 8080

But internally I am using 9200

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566/4 "2019-09-09T07:12:36Z")

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Can you curl Elasticsearch from the Filebeat host?

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**Author:** ![Pankaj\_Kaushik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pankaj_kaushik/32/46958_2.png) [@Pankaj\_Kaushik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pankaj_Kaushik)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566/5 "2019-09-09T09:26:14Z")

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Yes

I tried ,I am able to ping

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566/6 "2019-09-09T09:32:27Z")

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Ping does not tell you anything. Are you able to connect via curl?

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**Author:** ![Pankaj\_Kaushik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pankaj_kaushik/32/46958_2.png) [@Pankaj\_Kaushik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pankaj_Kaushik)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566/7 "2019-09-09T16:14:21Z")

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Yes,I am able to curl also

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566/8 "2019-09-09T16:36:38Z")

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Is there anything in the logs?

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**Author:** ![Pankaj\_Kaushik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pankaj_kaushik/32/46958_2.png) [@Pankaj\_Kaushik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pankaj_Kaushik)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566/9 "2019-09-09T17:00:33Z")

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I am getting

INFO Non-zero metrics in the last 30s:registrar.writes=1

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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:** [October 7, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-not-able-to-send-logs-to-elastic/198566/10 "2019-10-07T17:00:36Z")

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