# How to auto start filebeat on RHEL65

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-auto-start-filebeat-on-rhel65/109693
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [November 30, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-auto-start-filebeat-on-rhel65/109693 "2017-11-30T06:54:42Z")
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### Author: ![rudee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rudee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rudee)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-auto-start-filebeat-on-rhel65/109693/1 "2017-11-30T06:54:43Z")

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Hi does anyone know how to auto start the filebeat service on RHEL65?

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### 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: [November 30, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-auto-start-filebeat-on-rhel65/109693/2 "2017-11-30T14:02:47Z")

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`chkconfig filebeat on`

This will enable the service to start at boot.

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### Author: ![rudee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rudee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rudee)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-auto-start-filebeat-on-rhel65/109693/3 "2017-11-30T17:09:14Z")

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cheers m8 🙂

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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: [December 28, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-auto-start-filebeat-on-rhel65/109693/4 "2017-12-28T17:09:19Z")

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