# Filebeat requirements?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-requirements/142017>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [July 28, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-requirements/142017 "2018-07-28T05:45:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kimchun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Kimchun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kimchun)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-requirements/142017/1 "2018-07-28T05:45:40Z")

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Hi!  
I need help with the following question: what hardware resources does Filebeat need at least to run? (CPU, Disk, Memory)

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 6:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-requirements/142017/2 "2018-07-28T06:51:27Z")

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I don't think there are solid requirements, it's extremely light weight though.

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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 25, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-requirements/142017/3 "2018-08-25T08:51:28Z")

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