# How the server generation log is passed to logstash after startup after filebeat unexpectedly stops?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-server-generation-log-is-passed-to-logstash-after-startup-after-filebeat-unexpectedly-stops/144459>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [August 15, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-server-generation-log-is-passed-to-logstash-after-startup-after-filebeat-unexpectedly-stops/144459 "2018-08-15T06:59:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![ss.z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@ss.z](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ss.z)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-the-server-generation-log-is-passed-to-logstash-after-startup-after-filebeat-unexpectedly-stops/144459/3 "2018-08-16T02:58:07Z")

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Hi  
Fiirst of all, thank you very much for answering my question. You explained very clearly about the question I mentioned! And now that's a tricky problem[https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-collects-logs-prior-to-deployment-of-elk/144446?u=ss.z](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-collects-logs-prior-to-deployment-of-elk/144446?u=ss.z)

Thank you. I wish you well in your work.

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