Message looks like it is binary when using inputs.d

[gungazoo (Peter)]

If I have filebeat.yml file follow a file and send it to Elasticsearch it seems to work fine but if I use the inputs.d format then the message looks like it is binary. It could just be a font problem. I don't understand what is different.

I have this in the file in inputs.d directory:

    - type: log
       enabled: true
      paths:
        - /logdata/filebeat/esx/host.example.com/*
      fields_under_root: true
      fields:
        noodle_hostname: host.example.com
        noodle_site: site
      exclude_files: ['.gz$']

but in Elasticsearch it looks like this:

Thanks for any help.

Peter

[gungazoo (Peter)]

Never mind -- I was being stupid.