# Folder share in RHEL 7 and read log file through Filebeat **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [August 8, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/folder-share-in-rhel-7-and-read-log-file-through-filebeat/96347 "2017-08-08T22:16:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Leela\_Kodali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Leela\_Kodali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Leela_Kodali)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/folder-share-in-rhel-7-and-read-log-file-through-filebeat/96347/1 "2017-08-08T22:16:18Z")
Hi, My websphere application server is on RHEL 7 and i am planning to read systemOut log file in one of the folder, can you please help me how to do folder share in Linux. i have another Linux server where i have ELK and Filebeat installed (I already configured my path location in Filebeat.yaml file), but i was not able to read. I did same thing in Windows it is working fine. Thanks, veni ---
**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:** [August 15, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/folder-share-in-rhel-7-and-read-log-file-through-filebeat/96347/2 "2017-08-15T20:15:13Z")
> [@Leela\_Kodali](#): > > can you please help me how to do folder share in Linux You shouldn't need a folder share use Filebeat. Run Filebeat on the server where the log file is produced. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/folder-share-in-rhel-7-and-read-log-file-through-filebeat/96347/3 "2017-09-12T20:15:30Z")
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