# Libbeat documentation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-documentation/28304>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** beats-development\
**Created:** [August 30, 2015, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-documentation/28304 "2015-08-30T08:27:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![deviantony](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/deviantony/32/4478_2.png) [@deviantony](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deviantony)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-documentation/28304/1 "2015-08-30T08:27:43Z")

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Hello there,

Is there any existing resources (docs, tutorials, best practices...) about how to begin/use the libbeat library to create a shipper?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-documentation/28304/2 "2015-08-30T20:49:43Z")

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Not yet, but we'll have something on this soon 😉

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**Author:** ![deviantony](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/deviantony/32/4478_2.png) [@deviantony](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deviantony)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-documentation/28304/3 "2015-08-31T05:52:23Z")

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Cool ! I'm looking forward to this !

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**Author:** ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-documentation/28304/4 "2015-09-04T19:30:13Z")

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We now have a dev guide for creating new Beats: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/index.html)

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**Author:** ![deviantony](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/deviantony/32/4478_2.png) [@deviantony](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/deviantony)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2015, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-documentation/28304/5 "2015-09-05T07:54:22Z")

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Awesome ! 👏

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/libbeat-documentation/28304/6 "2017-07-05T21:58:50Z")

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