# Filebeat service is running but not logging **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [September 2, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-service-is-running-but-not-logging/283204 "2021-09-02T16:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![afoster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@afoster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/afoster)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-service-is-running-but-not-logging/283204/1 "2021-09-02T16:58:41Z")
filebeat status showing running and logs are not writting. I have the logging set to debug in the filebeat.yml ![logs](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/a/4ab4178b9db64ef4aba4b0c2be590481ae7bb1e5.png) ![service](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/0/902a2f45733848b2d79f83c91852c16e14392026.png) my filebeat test config comes back OK. any ideas to get logs? ---
**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:** [September 3, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-service-is-running-but-not-logging/283204/2 "2021-09-03T04:23:07Z")
Please don't post pictures of text or code. They are difficult to read, impossible to search and replicate (if it's code), and some people may not be even able to see them 🙂 Can you share your config, as well as where you are defining Filebeat to run with debug. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-service-is-running-but-not-logging/283204/3 "2021-10-01T06:24:05Z")
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