# Monitoring in FileBeat 5.6

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-in-filebeat-5-6/145051>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [August 19, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-in-filebeat-5-6/145051 "2018-08-19T12:09:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![pksinghal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@pksinghal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pksinghal)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2018, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-in-filebeat-5-6/145051/1 "2018-08-19T12:09:46Z")

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Hi,  
I am using ELK Stack 5.6.  
In this version of a stack, I want to monitor filebeat using Elasticsearch.  
One way is to add new filebeat what will scan filebeat log and send to elasticsearch.  
Is there any other way to monitor ?

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**Author:** ![Jymit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jymit/32/45777_2.png) [@Jymit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jymit)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-in-filebeat-5-6/145051/2 "2018-08-20T07:46:16Z")

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@pksinghal  
You want to send filebeat logs themselves to Elasticsearch?  
Or  
You want to ship other `on disk` logs via filebeat to Elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![pksinghal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f19dbf/32.png) [@pksinghal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pksinghal)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-in-filebeat-5-6/145051/3 "2018-08-20T09:08:51Z")

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I want to send filebeat logs themselves to Elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![Jymit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jymit/32/45777_2.png) [@Jymit](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jymit)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-in-filebeat-5-6/145051/4 "2018-08-20T10:53:07Z")

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So within your filebeat configuration file under inputs.  
e.g:

```auto
filebeat.inputs:
- type: log
  paths:
    - /var/log/system.log
    - /var/log/wifi.log
- type: log
  paths:
    - "/var/log/apache2/*"

```

Have your filebeat output log being read by filebeat itself?  
Likewise, use the logstash file input:

```auto
input {
file {
path => "/var/log/system.log"
}
}
.
.

```

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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 17, 2018, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/monitoring-in-filebeat-5-6/145051/5 "2018-09-17T10:53:10Z")

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