Hi all,
we are using version 1.2.while starting the filebeat using sudo service filebeat start|stop|restart from the command it is saying OK but when i greap for ps-ef | grep filebeat the process is not started.
Pls find the trace
sudo service filebeat start
Starting filebeat (via systemctl): [ OK ]
n454728@hstname:/opt/logs
$ sudo service filebeat status
â filebeat.service - filebeat
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/filebeat.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead) since Wed 2016-06-08 13:12:01 BST; 4s ago
Docs: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/index.html
Process: 13066 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/filebeat stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Process: 13044 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/filebeat start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 13044 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Jun 08 13:12:01 HOSTANME filebeat[13044]: [ OK ]
Jun 08 13:12:01 HOSTANME /usr/bin/filebeat[13061]: logp.go:130: Disable stderr logging
Jun 08 13:12:01 HOSTANME /usr/bin/filebeat[13061]: beat.go:135: Initializing output plugins
Jun 08 13:12:01 HOSTANME /usr/bin/filebeat[13061]: geolite.go:24: GeoIP disabled: No paths were set under...ths
Jun 08 13:12:01 HOSTANME /usr/bin/filebeat[13061]: client.go:297: ES Ping(url=http://localhost:9200, time...0s)
Jun 08 13:12:01 HOSTANME /usr/bin/filebeat[13061]: client.go:302: Ping request failed with: Head http://l...sed
Jun 08 13:12:01 HOSTANME /usr/bin/filebeat[13061]: outputs.go:126: Activated elasticsearch as output plugin.
Jun 08 13:12:01 HOSTANME /usr/bin/filebeat[13061]: logstash.go:106: Max Retries set to: 3
Jun 08 13:12:01 HOSTANME /usr/bin/filebeat[13061]: client.go:100: connect
Jun 08 13:12:01 HOSTANME filebeat[13066]: Stopping filebeat: [ OK ]
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n454728@matisse:/opt/logs