# Filebeat not reading .out file from filebeat.inputs path

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-out-file-from-filebeat-inputs-path/258413>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 11, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-out-file-from-filebeat-inputs-path/258413 "2020-12-11T12:31:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![arjun\_gowda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arjun_gowda/32/80706_2.png) [@arjun\_gowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arjun_gowda)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-out-file-from-filebeat-inputs-path/258413/1 "2020-12-11T12:31:44Z")

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Filebeat is not reading .out file from filebeat.inputs path. I want to read the nohup.out files in the log folder. Please help me with the configuration  
Here's the filebeat.yml.

filebeat.inputs:

- type: log
# Change to true to enable this input configuration.
enabled: true
# Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
paths:
  - /a/a/a/a/logs/\*.out

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**Author:** ![mtojek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mtojek/32/63863_2.png) [@mtojek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mtojek)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-out-file-from-filebeat-inputs-path/258413/2 "2020-12-14T10:24:56Z")

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Could you double-check if the user running filebeat has been granted to access those log files?

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**Author:** ![arjun\_gowda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/arjun_gowda/32/80706_2.png) [@arjun\_gowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/arjun_gowda)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-out-file-from-filebeat-inputs-path/258413/3 "2020-12-15T06:28:59Z")

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Yes. The user has access to the \*.out files. Could you please confirm if filebeat can read from files with .out extension

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**Author:** ![David\_Fachini](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/david_fachini/32/78224_2.png) [@David\_Fachini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Fachini)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-out-file-from-filebeat-inputs-path/258413/4 "2020-12-21T12:05:56Z")

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Hello @arjun_gowda any lucky with your test ? I am with the same behavior here trying to read logs using filebeat from /opt/data/logs/\* and /tmp/logs/\*

Not working...

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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:** [January 18, 2021, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-not-reading-out-file-from-filebeat-inputs-path/258413/5 "2021-01-18T14:06:18Z")

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