# Filebeat setup question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-question/117740>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 31, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-question/117740 "2018-01-31T05:33:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![hongkei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecc23a/32.png) [@hongkei](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hongkei)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-question/117740/1 "2018-01-31T05:33:41Z")

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Is it a program that works continuously without running it again once it's installed?

When you run an Apache Kafka customer, it looks like a filebeat runs automatically.

Is there a problem?

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**Author:** ![pierhugues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pierhugues/32/48383_2.png) [@pierhugues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pierhugues)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-question/117740/2 "2018-01-31T15:28:05Z")

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@hongkei Filebeat is a service and once it's installed and configured it will stay in the background and read your logs and send them where you have configured it.

I don't understand the "Apache Kafka customer" part of your question?

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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:** [February 28, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-setup-question/117740/3 "2018-02-28T15:33:54Z")

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