# Filebeat on kubernetes as non root? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [August 20, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-on-kubernetes-as-non-root/195949 "2019-08-20T13:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@asp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-on-kubernetes-as-non-root/195949/1 "2019-08-20T13:40:46Z")
Hi, What possibilities do I have to run filebeat in kubernetes as **non-root** user and access the docker container logs? Our datacenter team don't really like privileged root processes 😉 So I want to avoid if possible / keep the number of privileged containers as low as possible. Thanks, Andreas ---
**Author:** ![faec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/faec/32/46988_2.png) [@faec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/faec)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-on-kubernetes-as-non-root/195949/2 "2019-08-22T18:49:14Z")
Are you following the setup at [this documentation page](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/master/running-on-kubernetes.html)? My understanding is that you shouldn't generally need privileged containers unless you're using OpenShift. If that setup doesn't work for you, could you share more about your configuration / what problems you run into running non-privileged? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-on-kubernetes-as-non-root/195949/3 "2019-09-19T18:49:22Z")
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