# Filebeat Tomcat module Access logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-tomcat-module-access-logs/291468>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 10, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-tomcat-module-access-logs/291468 "2021-12-10T21:01:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![searchtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@searchtool](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/searchtool)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-tomcat-module-access-logs/291468/1 "2021-12-10T21:01:11Z")

</div>

In response to [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/tomcat-filebeat-module-expected-log-format/272450) previous topic.  
Documentation [mentions](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.16/filebeat-module-tomcat.html) tomcat **Access** logs.

> This is a module for receiving Apache Tomcat access logs over Syslog or a file.

I believe this is not correct and should just be just tomcat logs since [this](https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/x-pack/filebeat/module/tomcat/log/test/generated.log) example used in the filebeat module show a different type of logging.

Also i think for tomcat access log you also can use the apache module(access log).

Maybe this is the new a new style of logging in tomcat(no expert on it) but it then should then be noted with version numbers.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-tomcat-module-access-logs/291468/2 "2022-01-07T23:02:11Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.