# Filebeat not dumping logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-dumping-logs/106667>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [November 7, 2017, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-dumping-logs/106667 "2017-11-07T10:18:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jay\_Dabhi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jay\_Dabhi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jay_Dabhi)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-dumping-logs/106667/1 "2017-11-07T10:18:42Z")

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I want to dump filebeat logs to specific file at certain path.I have specified in my filebeat.yml file.  
###################### Filebeat Configuration Example #########################

```
# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The filebeat.full.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

#=========================== Filebeat prospectors =============================

filebeat.prospectors:

# Each - is a prospector. Most options can be set at the prospector level, so
# you can use different prospectors for various configurations.
# Below are the prospector specific configurations.

  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  # For DebugLogs
- input_type: log
  paths:
    - logs/perf/*PerformanceLog*
    
  fields:
    document_type: perf
  fields_under_root: true

  # 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: ["^ERR", "^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 field can be freely picked
  # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering
  #fields:
  # level: debug
  # review: 1

  ### Multiline options

  # Mutiline 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

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

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

# Configure what outputs to use when sending the data collected by the beat.
# Multiple outputs may be used.

#-------------------------- 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"

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

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: critical, error, warning, info, debug
logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]
logging.level: debug
logging.to_files: true
logging.to_syslog: false
logging.files:
  path: /home/mylogs/filebeat_logs
  name: mybeat.log
  keepfiles: 7
  permissions: 0600

```

As you can see in yml file I am creating path,name for the log file.But when I open the /home/mylogs/filebeat\_logs/mybeat.log file,it is empty.  
Please help.

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-dumping-logs/106667/2 "2017-11-07T14:19:31Z")

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Could you please format your config file using `</>`?

What happens when you set Filebeat logs to stdout using `./filebeat -e -d '*'`?

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**Author:** ![Jay\_Dabhi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jay\_Dabhi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jay_Dabhi)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-dumping-logs/106667/3 "2017-11-08T06:14:52Z")

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> [@kvch](#):
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> ./filebeat -e -d '\*'

When i use ./filebeat -e -d '\*' , it dumps logs on console.

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-dumping-logs/106667/4 "2017-11-09T09:52:50Z")

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Could you share the logs of your Filebeat?

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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:** [December 7, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-dumping-logs/106667/5 "2017-12-07T09:52:59Z")

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