# No logs found for filebeat **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [December 3, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-found-for-filebeat/257519 "2020-12-03T14:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Abdelhalim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Abdelhalim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdelhalim)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-found-for-filebeat/257519/1 "2020-12-03T14:00:59Z")
Hello, I am using filebeat 7.10 on Debian machine and I configured it to send data to /var/log/filebeat : ```auto logging.level: info logging.to_file: true logging.files: path: /var/log/filebeat name: filebeat keepfiles: 7 permissions: 0644 ``` and when i see the `/var/log/filebeat/filebeat.log` I just find: ```auto 2020-12-03T10:41:14.621+0100 INFO instance/beat.go:645 Home path: [/usr/share/filebeat] Config path: [/etc/filebeat] Data path: [/var/lib/filebeat] Logs path: [/var/log/filebeat] 2020-12-03T10:41:14.621+0100 INFO instance/beat.go:653 Beat ID: d45465ab-6750-476a-9f32-f5812968b5e8 ``` The permission in the folder /var/log/filebeat: ```auto Access: (0765/drwxrw-r-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) ``` and the permission in the filebeat file that is created automatically by filebeat: ```auto Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) ``` To run filebeat I am running the command: ```auto sudo systemctl start filebeat ``` Knowing that when I run `sudo journalctl -u filebeat.service` I get all the logs Any help please! Thanks ---
**Author:** ![fadjar340](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fadjar340/32/43610_2.png) [@fadjar340](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fadjar340)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-found-for-filebeat/257519/2 "2020-12-03T14:59:27Z")
Filebeat log is in the `/var/log/messages` or `/var/log/syslog` Try to run this command: ```auto tail -f /var/log/messages | grep filebeat ``` ---
**Author:** ![Abdelhalim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Abdelhalim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdelhalim)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-found-for-filebeat/257519/3 "2020-12-03T15:13:12Z")
thanks for your answer @fadjar340, but I have added these lignes to have a file just for filebeat logs as it's mentionned in the documentation: > **[Configure logging | Filebeat Reference \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-logging.html)** > [@Abdelhalim](#): > > ```auto > logging.level: info > logging.to_file: true > logging.files: > path: /var/log/filebeat > name: filebeat > keepfiles: 7 > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![fadjar340](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fadjar340/32/43610_2.png) [@fadjar340](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fadjar340)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-found-for-filebeat/257519/4 "2020-12-03T15:49:00Z")
Try this: ```auto logging.level: debug logging.selector: * logging.to_file: true logging.files: path: /var/log/filebeat name: filebeat keepfiles: 7 ``` Will show everything of the filebeat logs ---
**Author:** ![Abdelhalim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Abdelhalim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdelhalim)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-found-for-filebeat/257519/5 "2020-12-03T15:58:21Z")
Unfortunately even with debug level I am getting no log ☹ ---
**Author:** ![fadjar340](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fadjar340/32/43610_2.png) [@fadjar340](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fadjar340)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-found-for-filebeat/257519/6 "2020-12-03T16:05:14Z")
As per documentation: ```auto logging.level: debug logging.selector: * logging.to_files: true logging.files: path: /var/log/filebeat name: filebeat keepfiles: 7 ``` ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/f/bfc3d7eaa82550ccab59067e0cfe449dd9c37f33.png) ---
**Author:** ![Abdelhalim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Abdelhalim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdelhalim)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-found-for-filebeat/257519/7 "2020-12-03T16:06:31Z")
Yes I am already using `logging.to_files: true` ---
**Author:** ![dacamposol](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dacamposol/32/80191_2.png) [@dacamposol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dacamposol)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-found-for-filebeat/257519/8 "2020-12-03T16:51:24Z")
Take a look, because in the initial post you have `logging.to_file: true` in the configuration instead of logging.to\_file **s** and that could be the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Abdelhalim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Abdelhalim](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdelhalim)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-found-for-filebeat/257519/9 "2020-12-03T16:55:08Z")
Ohhh thank you @dacamposol, you were right I didn't pay attention to that, now it's working Thanks for you @dacamposol and for you @fadjar340 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/no-logs-found-for-filebeat/257519/10 "2020-12-31T18:55:31Z")
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