# Kubernetes logs to filebeats

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-logs-to-filebeats/243682>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 4, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-logs-to-filebeats/243682 "2020-08-04T09:47:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![sachithmuhandiram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sachithmuhandiram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sachithmuhandiram)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-logs-to-filebeats/243682/1 "2020-08-04T09:47:36Z")

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I have ELK stack running in CentOS-7 environment, and I try to get logs from my Kubernetes cluster.

for that, I installed filebeats [as described](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/master/running-on-kubernetes.html). And those pods are running.

I can see Obeservability-\> Logs shows kubernetes logs.

But I can not Do Kibana Discover. It shows only `metricbeat-*` which I installed and then removed as I need to use filebeat.

So how can I add filebeat to run custom queries?

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**Author:** ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-logs-to-filebeats/243682/2 "2020-08-04T17:45:12Z")

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Hello @sachithmuhandiram

What indices are you using to store your logs? You likely need to create a new index pattern to make this content available in discover and other kibana apps.

Thanks,  
Matt

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**Author:** ![sachithmuhandiram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sachithmuhandiram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sachithmuhandiram)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-logs-to-filebeats/243682/3 "2020-08-06T05:44:50Z")

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Yes, Thats what I am trying to do, but always, metricsbeat is shown in index page, not filebeat.

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**Author:** ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-logs-to-filebeats/243682/4 "2020-08-06T15:25:16Z")

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what does `GET /_cat/indices` return?

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**Author:** ![sachithmuhandiram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sachithmuhandiram](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sachithmuhandiram)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-logs-to-filebeats/243682/5 "2020-08-07T05:52:08Z")

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> [@mattkime](#):
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> `GET /_cat/indices`

No results match your search criteria

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**Author:** ![mattkime](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattkime/32/43522_2.png) [@mattkime](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattkime)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-logs-to-filebeats/243682/6 "2020-08-07T16:28:44Z")

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Could you try running that from the dev tools console? [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/console-kibana.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/console-kibana.html)

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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:** [September 4, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kubernetes-logs-to-filebeats/243682/7 "2020-09-04T16:29:00Z")

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