# Hao to ensure filebeats high availability？

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hao-to-ensure-filebeats-high-availability/99253>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 4, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hao-to-ensure-filebeats-high-availability/99253 "2017-09-04T07:10:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![gavinage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gavinage/32/21785_2.png) [@gavinage](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gavinage)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hao-to-ensure-filebeats-high-availability/99253/1 "2017-09-04T07:10:27Z")

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hi all, I have a doubt. for example I need collect file A.log and I start up a Filebeat agent,when this agent is down, the result is no collect go on , my question is hao to hao to ensure filebeats high availability when my filebeats agent is down?  
thats all , thks all.

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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:** [October 2, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/hao-to-ensure-filebeats-high-availability/99253/2 "2017-10-02T07:10:40Z")

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