# Filebeat not reading log

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-log/94198>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 22, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-log/94198 "2017-07-22T09:52:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aman\_Wadhwa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@Aman\_Wadhwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aman_Wadhwa)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2017, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-log/94198/1 "2017-07-22T09:52:59Z")

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I am facing an strange issue where filebeat is not able to read a log file (basically it just do nothing) and unable to send to logstash:  
Log:  
[{"Client IP":"122.180.180.80","API ID":"25209983","API Name":"placeholder","API Version ID":"959226","API Version Name":"1.0.development","Application":null,"Application Name":"","Message ID":"125a66a0-6e21-11e7-8c8f-0a4ea01f0582","Timestamp":"2017-07-21T14:29:57.898Z","Request Size":null,"Response Size":null,"Request Outcome":"PROCESSED","Verb":"GET","Resource Path":"/users","Status Code":200,"User Agent Name":"Mozilla","User Agent Version":"5.0","Browser":"Chrome","OS Family":"Windows","OS Version":null,"Hardware Platform":"Other","Timezone":"Asia/Kolkata","City":"","Country":"","Continent":"Asia","Postal Code":null,"Violated Policy Name":null,"Response Time":64}]

Filebeat config is default with file path.  
Logstash config:  
input {  
beats  
{  
port =\> "5043"  
}  
}

output {  
stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }  
}

Please help !

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-log/94198/2 "2017-07-24T13:14:22Z")

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What kind of log is this? It's from logstash?

The configuration is logstash as well. Please share filebeat configs and logs.

Please format logs and configs using the`</>`-button in the editor toolbar, so to keep proper layout (and readability).

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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:** [August 21, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-log/94198/3 "2017-08-21T13:14:35Z")

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