# It doesn't seem to be doing anything

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/it-doesnt-seem-to-be-doing-anything/51722>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 2, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/it-doesnt-seem-to-be-doing-anything/51722 "2016-06-02T16:15:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![BanksySan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/banksysan/32/10008_2.png) [@BanksySan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BanksySan)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/it-doesnt-seem-to-be-doing-anything/51722/1 "2016-06-02T16:15:04Z")

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I have FileBeat installed as a service and I've set the following config:

```
filebeat:
  prospectors:
    -
      paths:
        - C:\LogFiles\log.log

      input_type: filebeat

  registry_file: "C:/ProgramData/filebeat/registry"

output:

  logstash:
    hosts: ["XX.XX.XX.XX:5044"]

shipper:

logging:

  files:
    path: C:\fileBeatLogs
    rotateeverybytes: 10485760 # = 10MB
  level: error

```

I've also tried the paths with forward slashes

The registry file is being changed when I start the service, but not at any other times and there are no logs being written to `C:\fileBeatLogs\`.

If I run FileBeat from the exe I get no output at all, even with the debug on `C:\filebeat-1.2.3-windows>filebeat -c filebeat.yml -configtest -d "*"`

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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:** [June 2, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/it-doesnt-seem-to-be-doing-anything/51722/2 "2016-06-02T21:46:03Z")

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You need to use the `-e` option otherwise the logging will be sent to the file you defined. See [Debug | Filebeat Reference [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/enable-filebeat-debugging.html)

> [@BanksySan](#):
>
> input\_type: filebeat

That's not a valid option. See [Configure inputs | Filebeat Reference [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-filebeat-options.html#_input_type)

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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:** [June 23, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/it-doesnt-seem-to-be-doing-anything/51722/3 "2016-06-23T16:15:27Z")

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