# How to use filebeat to filter the tomcate log?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-filebeat-to-filter-the-tomcate-log/38372>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 5, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-filebeat-to-filter-the-tomcate-log/38372 "2016-01-05T06:09:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-filebeat-to-filter-the-tomcate-log/38372/6 "2016-01-05T08:08:16Z")

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1. What? No! logstash-forwarder is deprecated. Don't use it.
2. I suggest you use the documentation and blog posts on [elastic.co](http://elastic.co) and ask specific questions on [discuss.elastic.co](http://discuss.elastic.co) when you run into trouble.
3. It's an informational message telling you that the output of a command is appended to a file named nohup.out. The init script you use for logstash-forwarder isn't very well-written.

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