# Filebeat not detecting log files **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [August 10, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-detecting-log-files/143939 "2018-08-10T20:31:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![perryparktung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@perryparktung](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/perryparktung)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-detecting-log-files/143939/1 "2018-08-10T20:31:36Z")
Hi, I am setting my filebeat on Windows, but for somehow it did not detect the files in the path I configured in filebeat.yml. I do have .log files in c:\var\logs\oob-demo\ , but apparently those were not detected. Anyone has an idea why log file not detected? In fact, such dir is not shown in log file. How do I know that filebeat has checked that location and have 0 result? filebeat.yml: > filebeat.inputs: > > - type: log > enabled: false > paths: > - c:\var\logs\oob-demo\*.log > multiline.pattern: \[1\]{4}-[[:digit:]]{2}-[[:digit:]]{2} > multiline.negate: true > multiline.match: after > > filebeat.config.modules: > path: ${path.config}/modules.d/\*.yml > reload.enabled: false > > setup.template.settings: > index.number\_of\_shards: 3 > > setup.kibana: > host: "192.168.1.79:5601" > > output.elasticsearch: > hosts: ["192.168.1.79:9200"] filebeat log: > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.614-0400 INFO instance/beat.go:492 Home path: [C:\Program Files\Filebeat] Config path: [C:\Program Files\Filebeat] Data path: [C:\Program Files\Filebeat\data] Logs path: [C:\Program Files\Filebeat\logs] > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO instance/beat.go:499 Beat UUID: 9edb394a-4044-4fab-be0f-23f0c0812370 > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:716 Beat info {"system\_info": {"beat": {"path": {"config": "C:\Program Files\Filebeat", "data": "C:\Program Files\Filebeat\data", "home": "C:\Program Files\Filebeat", "logs": "C:\Program Files\Filebeat\logs"}, "type": "filebeat", "uuid": "9edb394a-4044-4fab-be0f-23f0c0812370"}}} > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:725 Build info {"system\_info": {"build": {"commit": "45a9a9e1561b6c540e94211ebe03d18abcacae55", "libbeat": "6.3.2", "time": "2018-07-20T04:17:39.000Z", "version": "6.3.2"}}} > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:728 Go runtime info {"system\_info": {"go": {"os":"windows","arch":"386","max\_procs":2,"version":"go1.9.4"}}} > ... > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO instance/beat.go:225 Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 6.3.2 > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO elasticsearch/client.go:145 Elasticsearch url: [http://192.168.1.79:9200](http://192.168.1.79:9200) > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO pipeline/module.go:81 Beat name: ws-server0 > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO instance/beat.go:315 filebeat start running. > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO registrar/registrar.go:117 Loading registrar data from C:\Program Files\Filebeat\data\registry > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO registrar/registrar.go:124 States Loaded from registrar: 0 > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO [monitoring] log/log.go:97 Starting metrics logging every 30s > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO crawler/crawler.go:48 Loading Inputs: 1 > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO crawler/crawler.go:82 Loading and starting Inputs completed. Enabled inputs: 0 > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO cfgfile/reload.go:122 Config reloader started > 2018-08-10T16:04:18.629-0400 INFO cfgfile/reload.go:214 Loading of config files completed. > 2018-08-10T16:04:48.651-0400 INFO [monitoring] log/log.go:124 Non-zero metrics in the last 30s {"monitoring": {"metrics": {"beat":{"cpu":{"system":{"ticks":62,"time":{"ms":62}},"total":{"ticks":93,"time":{"ms":93},"value":93},"user":{"ticks":31,"time":{"ms":31}}},"info":{"ephemeral\_id":"a0f6cb82-c970-4198-b55b-543bb0100432","uptime":{"ms":30099}},"memstats":{"gc\_next":4473924,"memory\_alloc":1929640,"memory\_total":1929640,"rss":12083200}},"filebeat":{"harvester":{"open\_files":0,"running":0}},"libbeat":{"config":{"module":{"running":0},"reloads":1},"output":{"type":"elasticsearch"},"pipeline":{"clients":0,"events":{"active":0}}},"registrar":{"states":{"current":0}},"system":{"cpu":{"cores":2}}}}} Thanks. * * * 1. [:digit:] ---
**Author:** ![adrisr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adrisr/32/25423_2.png) [@adrisr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adrisr)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-detecting-log-files/143939/2 "2018-08-10T22:58:06Z")
Two things are wrong in the configuration you pasted: ```auto filebeat.inputs: - type: log enabled: false paths: - c:\var\logs\oob-demo*.log ``` Change it to: ```auto filebeat.inputs: - type: log enabled: true paths: - c:\var\logs\oob-demo\*.log ``` ---
**Author:** ![perryparktung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d78d45/32.png) [@perryparktung](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/perryparktung)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-detecting-log-files/143939/3 "2018-08-13T12:58:56Z")
Success!! Thanks Adrisr. Question: Why remove backword-slash () in the path? Is that an escape character? FYI "oob-demo" is a folder. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-detecting-log-files/143939/4 "2018-09-10T12:59:04Z")
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