# How to make Filebeat 6.4.1 read custom application logs?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-filebeat-6-4-1-read-custom-application-logs/149805>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 25, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-filebeat-6-4-1-read-custom-application-logs/149805 "2018-09-25T10:43:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Revit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/revit/32/35683_2.png) [@Revit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Revit)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-filebeat-6-4-1-read-custom-application-logs/149805/1 "2018-09-25T10:43:16Z")

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Hello, I am new into this ELK stuff. I have question: how to make filebeat read custom log (for example vmware log) and send it to logstash?

I already read the guide and I am quite clueless. Do I need make new custom modules for the custom application logs? or i just need set up configuration on yml so filebeat can read the file?

I already set the path into the logs path in my yml, but it's not working.

Thank you for your attention

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**Author:** ![Magnus\_Kessler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnus_kessler/32/42001_2.png) [@Magnus\_Kessler](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Magnus_Kessler)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-filebeat-6-4-1-read-custom-application-logs/149805/2 "2018-09-25T10:48:58Z")

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Could you post the relevant snippet from your `filebeat.yml` file, please? Also check that the `enabled` field is set to true in that section.

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**Author:** ![Revit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/revit/32/35683_2.png) [@Revit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Revit)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 6:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-filebeat-6-4-1-read-custom-application-logs/149805/3 "2018-09-26T06:22:02Z")

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sorry for the late reply. you are right. the enabled was set to false. after turn it into true, filebeat start read custom applications logs.  
thank you for your help.

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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 24, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-filebeat-6-4-1-read-custom-application-logs/149805/4 "2018-10-24T06:36:13Z")

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