# How to check the filebeat logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-the-filebeat-logs/93132>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 14, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-the-filebeat-logs/93132 "2017-07-14T07:26:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![jogoinar10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jogoinar10/32/20068_2.png) [@jogoinar10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jogoinar10)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-the-filebeat-logs/93132/1 "2017-07-14T07:26:57Z")

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How will I know if I the filebeat already started without errors and ready to ship data logs to logstash?

I check the services, and the filebeat is currently running.  
I also check the logs in C:/ProgramData/filebeat/registry but it is empty.

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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:** [July 19, 2017, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-the-filebeat-logs/93132/2 "2017-07-19T01:08:19Z")

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The logs should be in C:/Program Files/Filebeat/logs if that's where you installed it to. Can you check those files.

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**Author:** ![jogoinar10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jogoinar10/32/20068_2.png) [@jogoinar10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jogoinar10)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-the-filebeat-logs/93132/3 "2017-07-19T01:52:30Z")

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Thank you very much @andrewkroh. I checked the log files right now and my filebeat is currently perfectly running right now. 🙂

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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:** [August 16, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-check-the-filebeat-logs/93132/4 "2017-08-16T01:52:31Z")

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