# Filebeat is sending log file data if i stop system module

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-sending-log-file-data-if-i-stop-system-module/163740>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 10, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-sending-log-file-data-if-i-stop-system-module/163740 "2019-01-10T13:27:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anand\_Rao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Anand\_Rao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anand_Rao)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-sending-log-file-data-if-i-stop-system-module/163740/1 "2019-01-10T13:27:07Z")

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filebeat is sending log file data if i stop system module. If i enable system module it is sending logs but i don't want system logs. I only logs which are written in log file.

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**Author:** ![pierhugues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pierhugues/32/48383_2.png) [@pierhugues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pierhugues)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-sending-log-file-data-if-i-stop-system-module/163740/2 "2019-01-11T02:04:51Z")

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@Anand_Rao Can you share your configuration files, my theory is there is a conflict between modules and manually defined inputs?

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**Author:** ![Anand\_Rao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Anand\_Rao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anand_Rao)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-sending-log-file-data-if-i-stop-system-module/163740/3 "2019-01-14T06:43:22Z")

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###################### Filebeat Configuration Example #########################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common

# options. The filebeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the

# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.

# 

# You can find the full configuration reference here:

# [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html)

# For more available modules and options, please see the filebeat.reference.yml sample

# configuration file.

#=========================== 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

#============================= 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: false

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

#reload.period: 10s

#==================== Elasticsearch template setting ==========================

setup.template.settings:  
index.number\_of\_shards: 3  
#index.codec: best\_compression  
#\_source.enabled: false

#================================ General =====================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group

# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.

#name:

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each

# transaction published.

#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the

# output.

#fields:

# env: staging

#============================== Dashboards =====================================

# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading

# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the

# options here, or by using the `-setup` CLI flag or the `setup` command.

#setup.dashboards.enabled: false

# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL

# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released

# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the [artifacts.elastic.co](http://artifacts.elastic.co)

# website.

#setup.dashboards.url:

#============================== Kibana =====================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.

# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.

setup.kibana:

# Kibana Host

# Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)

# In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: [http://localhost:5601/path](http://localhost:5601/path)

# IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601

#host: "localhost:5601"

# Kibana Space ID

# ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,

# the Default Space will be used.

#space.id:

#============================= Elastic Cloud ==================================

# These settings simplify using filebeat with the Elastic Cloud ([https://cloud.elastic.co/](https://cloud.elastic.co/)).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and

# `setup.kibana.host` options.

# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.

#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and

# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.

#cloud.auth:

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

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

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

# Array of hosts to connect to.

#hosts: ["localhost:9200"]

# Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.

#protocol: "https"  
#username: "elastic"  
#password: "changeme"

#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------  
output.logstash:

# The Logstash hosts

hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

# Optional SSL. By default is off.

# List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications

#ssl.certificate\_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

# Certificate for SSL client authentication

#ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

# Client Certificate Key

#ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

#================================ Procesors =====================================

# Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.

processors:

- add\_host\_metadata: ~
- add\_cloud\_metadata: ~

#================================ Logging =====================================

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**Author:** ![Tek\_Chand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tek_chand/32/34318_2.png) [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-sending-log-file-data-if-i-stop-system-module/163740/4 "2019-01-14T12:15:00Z")

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@Anand_Rao, Please format your file. So it will become easy to read. You can use the below symbols:

```auto
your file content

```

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**Author:** ![Anand\_Rao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Anand\_Rao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anand_Rao)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-sending-log-file-data-if-i-stop-system-module/163740/5 "2019-01-14T12:42:13Z")

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`###################### Filebeat Configuration Example #########################  
This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common  
options. The filebeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the  
supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.  
You can find the full configuration reference here:  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html)  
For more available modules and options, please see the filebeat.reference.yml sample  
configuration file.

#=========================== 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:
    /home/anand/Desktop/log2.2
    #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs*
Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are
matching any regular expression from the list.

#exclude_lines: ['^DBG']
Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are
matching any regular expression from the list.

include_lines: ['Incoming message','ERROR','WARN']
Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that
are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped.

#exclude_files: ['.gz$']
Optional additional fields. These fields can be freely picked
to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering

#fields:
level: debug
review: 1
Multiline options
Multiline can be used for log messages spanning multiple lines. This is common
for Java Stack Traces or C-Line Continuation
The regexp Pattern that has to be matched. The example pattern matches all lines starting with [

#multiline.pattern: ^[
Defines if the pattern set under pattern should be negated or not. Default is false.

#multiline.negate: false
Match can be set to "after" or "before". It is used to define if lines should be append to a pattern
that was (not) matched before or after or as long as a pattern is not matched based on negate.
Note: After is the equivalent to previous and before is the equivalent to to next in Logstash

#multiline.match: after

```

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

#reload.period: 10s

#==================== Elasticsearch template setting ==========================

setup.template.settings:  
index.number\_of\_shards: 3  
#index.codec: best\_compression  
#\_source.enabled: false

#================================ General =====================================  
The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group  
all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.

#name:  
The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each  
transaction published.

#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]  
Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the  
output.

#fields:  
env: staging

#============================== Dashboards =====================================  
These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading  
the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the  
options here, or by using the -setup CLI flag or the setup command.

#setup.dashboards.enabled: false  
The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL  
has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released  
versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the [artifacts.elastic.co](http://artifacts.elastic.co)  
website.

#setup.dashboards.url:

#============================== Kibana =====================================  
Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.  
This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.

setup.kibana:  
Kibana Host  
Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)  
In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: [http://localhost:5601/path](http://localhost:5601/path)  
IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601

#host: "localhost:5601"  
Kibana Space ID  
ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,  
the Default Space will be used.

#space.id:

#============================= Elastic Cloud ==================================  
These settings simplify using filebeat with the Elastic Cloud ([https://cloud.elastic.co/](https://cloud.elastic.co/)).  
The cloud.id setting overwrites the output.elasticsearch.hosts and  
setup.kibana.host options.  
You can find the cloud.id in the Elastic Cloud web UI.

#cloud.id:  
The cloud.auth setting overwrites the output.elasticsearch.username and  
output.elasticsearch.password settings. The format is :.

#cloud.auth:

#================================ Outputs =====================================  
Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------  
#output.elasticsearch:  
Array of hosts to connect to.

#hosts: ["localhost:9200"]  
Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.

#protocol: "https"  
#username: "elastic"  
#password: "changeme"

#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------  
output.logstash:  
The Logstash hosts

hosts: ["localhost:5044"]  
Optional SSL. By default is off.  
List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications

#ssl.certificate\_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]  
Certificate for SSL client authentication

#ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"  
Client Certificate Key

#ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

#================================ Procesors =====================================  
Configure processors to enhance or manipulate events generated by the beat.

processors:

```
add_host_metadata: ~
add_cloud_metadata: ~

```

#================================ Logging =====================================`

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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 11, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-is-sending-log-file-data-if-i-stop-system-module/163740/6 "2019-02-11T12:42:24Z")

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