# Filebeat stops tracing file **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [April 26, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-stops-tracing-file/83761 "2017-04-26T19:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Lima1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/samuel_lima1/32/101372_2.png) [@Samuel\_Lima1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Samuel_Lima1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-stops-tracing-file/83761/1 "2017-04-26T19:42:33Z")
Hi, I'm new to filebeat. I've read similar topics like this but none seems to solve my case. I'm starting filebeat in the command line to debug it before running it as a service. As it happens in the other topics like this, filebeat sends logs entries when it is started, but stops sending new entries thereafter. First I tested it with a real application log, but as it didn´t work, I created a script to keep adding lines to a file while filebeat process it. I´m testing output to console before logstash. Folowing are the scripts and logs: Script: > for i in {1..1000}; do echo -e "{ "test": "$(date)" }" \>\> /tmp/somaEAR-srvclnSOMAxx.log; sleep 10; done Some lines of the log file: > { "test": "Wed Apr 26 16:33:41 -03 2017" } > { "test": "Wed Apr 26 16:33:51 -03 2017" } > { "test": "Wed Apr 26 16:34:01 -03 2017" } > { "test": "Wed Apr 26 16:34:11 -03 2017" } > { "test": "Wed Apr 26 16:34:21 -03 2017" } > { "test": "Wed Apr 26 16:34:31 -03 2017" } > { "test": "Wed Apr 26 16:34:41 -03 2017" } > { "test": "Wed Apr 26 16:34:51 -03 2017" } > { "test": "Wed Apr 26 16:35:01 -03 2017" } > { "test": "Wed Apr 26 16:35:11 -03 2017" } > { "test": "Wed Apr 26 16:35:21 -03 2017" } filebeat.yml > filebeat.prospectors: > - input\_type: log > paths: > - /tmp/somaEAR-srvclnSOMA\* > document\_type: somaear > output.console: > pretty: true > logging: > level: debug > to\_syslog: false > to\_files: true > files: > path: /var/log/filebeat > name: filebeat.log > rotateeverybytes: 10485760 # = 10MB > keepfiles: 7 Log of filebeat running: > [f0113886@li1576 filebeat]$ sudo /usr/bin/filebeat.sh -e -v -d '\*' > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.545233 beat.go:285: INFO Home path: [/usr/share/filebeat] Config path: [/etc/filebeat] Data path: [/var/lib/filebeat] Logs path: [/var/log/filebeat] > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.545281 beat.go:186: INFO Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 5.3.0 > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.545334 outputs.go:108: INFO Activated console as output plugin. > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.545425 publish.go:295: INFO Publisher name: li1576.portoseguro.brasil > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.545580 async.go:63: INFO Flush Interval set to: 1s > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.545604 async.go:64: INFO Max Bulk Size set to: 2048 > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.545936 metrics.go:23: INFO Metrics logging every 30s > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.546099 beat.go:221: INFO filebeat start running. > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.546141 registrar.go:85: INFO Registry file set to: /var/lib/filebeat/registry > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.546177 registrar.go:106: INFO Loading registrar data from /var/lib/filebeat/registry > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.546233 registrar.go:123: INFO States Loaded from registrar: 0 > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.546266 crawler.go:38: INFO Loading Prospectors: 1 > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.546396 prospector\_log.go:61: INFO Prospector with previous states loaded: 0 > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.546503 prospector.go:124: INFO Starting prospector of type: log; id: 14707180048950103318 > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.546559 crawler.go:58: INFO Loading and starting Prospectors completed. Enabled prospectors: 1 > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.546617 registrar.go:236: INFO Starting Registrar > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.546685 sync.go:41: INFO Start sending events to output > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.546767 spooler.go:63: INFO Starting spooler: spool\_size: 2048; idle\_timeout: 5s > 2017/04/26 18:44:42.547236 log.go:91: INFO Harvester started for file: /tmp/somaEAR-srvclnSOMAxx.log > { > "@timestamp": "2017-04-26T18:44:42.547Z", > "beat": { > "hostname": "li1576.portoseguro.brasil", > "name": "li1576.portoseguro.brasil", > "version": "5.3.0" > }, > "input\_type": "log", > "message": "{ "test": "Wed Apr 26 15:44:29 -03 2017" }", > "offset": 43, > "source": "/tmp/somaEAR-srvclnSOMAxx.log", > "type": "somaear" > } > 2017/04/26 18:44:47.548286 console.go:83: CRIT Unable to publish events to console: > { > "@timestamp": "2017-04-26T18:44:42.547Z", > "beat": { > "hostname": "li1576.portoseguro.brasil", > "name": "li1576.portoseguro.brasil", > "version": "5.3.0" > }, > "input\_type": "log", > "message": "{ "test": "Wed Apr 26 15:44:39 -03 2017" }", > "offset": 86, > "source": "/tmp/somaEAR-srvclnSOMAxx.log", > "type": "somaear" > } > 2017/04/26 18:44:47.548393 console.go:83: CRIT Unable to publish events to console: > 2017/04/26 18:45:12.546805 metrics.go:39: INFO Non-zero metrics in the last 30s: filebeat.harvester.open\_files=1 filebeat.harvester.running=1 filebeat.harvester.started=1 libbeat.publisher.published\_events=2 > 2017/04/26 18:45:42.547414 metrics.go:34: INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s > 2017/04/26 18:46:12.547328 metrics.go:34: INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s > 2017/04/26 18:46:42.546811 metrics.go:34: INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s > 2017/04/26 18:47:12.547216 metrics.go:34: INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s > 2017/04/26 18:47:42.546848 metrics.go:34: INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s > 2017/04/26 18:48:12.547476 metrics.go:34: INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s > 2017/04/26 18:48:42.547008 metrics.go:34: INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s ---
**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-stops-tracing-file/83761/2 "2017-04-26T20:07:43Z")
> [@Samuel\_Lima1](#): > > console.go:83: CRIT Unable to publish events to console: Try using the file output instead of the console. There was [bug](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/4041) affecting the console in 5.3.0. ---
**Author:** ![Samuel\_Lima1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/samuel_lima1/32/101372_2.png) [@Samuel\_Lima1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Samuel_Lima1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-stops-tracing-file/83761/3 "2017-04-26T20:30:39Z")
Thank you Andrew. With file output it works. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-stops-tracing-file/83761/4 "2017-05-24T20:34:27Z")
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