Log viewing Elastic stack

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#1

Hello there,

I would like to explore the possibility of log viewing through Elastic stack.

I understand that I can use filebeat in order to do that but I already have logs that I would like to view in kibana dashboard but they are in .txt format. I believe that we need excel format for log files right?

Please let me know. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Akhil

#2

If you ingest your logs with filebeat then they are in Kibana and can be viewed. It doesn't have to be in excel.

#3

Hey aaron-nimocks,

thanks for helping me through this.

quick question, what if I already have a lot of logs for the system and I just need filebeat to pick logs from a specific location. is that possible?

thanks,
Akhil

#4

There is an ignore older option, yes.

#5

Okay. let me look into it. Thanks Aaron.

Appreciate your help!

#6

Hello, I have one more question, I understand the process of setting up logs location in filebeat.yml file and then create index in kibana and then view logs from dashboard.

what if I have more than one location from where l need to pick logs and then create index to view them. how i am supposed to do that?

please let me know!

Thanks,
Akhil

#7

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