# Multiple instance of Filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-instance-of-filebeat/247164>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat, metricbeat\
**Created:** [September 2, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-instance-of-filebeat/247164 "2020-09-02T04:49:39Z")\
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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:** [September 2, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-instance-of-filebeat/247164/8 "2020-09-02T05:29:12Z")

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It might be worth following up on this thread - [How I can fetch the apache and node logs through filebeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-can-fetch-the-apache-and-node-logs-through-filebeat/246926) - rather than starting a new one with a different approach? 🙂

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