# Send log filebeat, auditbeat, and winlogbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat, winlogbeat, auditbeat\
**Created:** [April 26, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226 "2021-04-26T07:38:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![alipujaistopo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alipujaistopo/32/50791_2.png) [@alipujaistopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alipujaistopo)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 7:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226/1 "2021-04-26T07:38:35Z")

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hi guys, since i setting my elk stack with elastic security. and now they have ssl/tls and https but my beats family can't send log again. help me how to config beats so they can send log again.

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226/2 "2021-04-26T15:41:18Z")

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Coudl you please share debug logs of your Beats and their configurations formatted using `</>`?

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**Author:** ![alipujaistopo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alipujaistopo/32/50791_2.png) [@alipujaistopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alipujaistopo)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226/3 "2021-04-27T02:53:22Z")

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```
###################### Filebeat Configuration Example #########################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common

# options. The filebeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html

# For more available modules and options, please see the filebeat.reference.yml sample
# configuration file.

# ============================== Filebeat inputs ===============================

filebeat.inputs:

# Each - is an input. Most options can be set at the input level, so
# you can use different inputs for various configurations.
# Below are the input specific configurations.

- type: log

  # Change to true to enable this input configuration.
  enabled: true

  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  paths:
    - /var/log/*.log
    #- /var/log/messages*
    #- /var/adm/syslog.log
     - /var/log/auth.log
     - /var/log/syslog

    #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\*

  # Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #exclude_lines: ['^DBG']

  # Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #include_lines: ['^ERR', '^WARN']

  # Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that
  # are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped.
  #exclude_files: ['.gz$']

  # Optional additional fields. These fields can be freely picked
  # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering
  #fields:
  # level: debug
  # review: 1

  ### Multiline options

  # Multiline can be used for log messages spanning multiple lines. This is common
  # for Java Stack Traces or C-Line Continuation

  # The regexp Pattern that has to be matched. The example pattern matches all lines starting with [
  #multiline.pattern: ^\[

  # Defines if the pattern set under pattern should be negated or not. Default is false.
  #multiline.negate: false

  # Match can be set to "after" or "before". It is used to define if lines should be append to a pattern
  # that was (not) matched before or after or as long as a pattern is not matched based on negate.
  # Note: After is the equivalent to previous and before is the equivalent to to next in Logstash
  #multiline.match: after

# filestream is an experimental input. It is going to replace log input in the future.
- type: filestream

  # Change to true to enable this input configuration.
  enabled: false

  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  paths:
    - /var/log/*.log
    #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\*

  # Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #exclude_lines: ['^DBG']

  # Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #include_lines: ['^ERR', '^WARN']

  # Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that
  # are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped.
  #prospector.scanner.exclude_files: ['.gz$']

  # Optional additional fields. These fields can be freely picked
  # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering
  #fields:
  # level: debug
  # review: 1

# ============================== Filebeat modules ==============================

filebeat.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: false

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  #reload.period: 10s

# ======================= Elasticsearch template setting =======================

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  #index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false

# ================================== General ===================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
# env: staging

# ================================= Dashboards =================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here or by using the `setup` command.
#setup.dashboards.enabled: false

# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
#setup.dashboards.url:

# =================================== Kibana ===================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  host: "https://10.194.11.68:5601"

  # Kibana Space ID
  # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
  # the Default Space will be used.
  #space.id:

# =============================== Elastic Cloud ================================

# These settings simplify using Filebeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:

# ================================== Outputs ===================================

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

# ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  hosts: ["10.194.11.67:9200"]

  # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
  protocol: "https"

  # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
  #api_key: "id:api_key"
  username: "elastic"
  password: "password"

  #public key certificates
  elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: ["/etc/filebeat/elasticsearch-ca.pem"]
  elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: none

# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
#output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
  #hosts: ["10.194.11.69:5443"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/filebeat/logstash-forwarder.crt"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

# ================================= Processors =================================
processors:
  - add_host_metadata:
      when.not.contains.tags: forwarded
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~
  - add_docker_metadata: ~
  - add_kubernetes_metadata: ~

# ================================== Logging ===================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]

# ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ==============================
# Filebeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster. This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch. The
# reporting is disabled by default.

# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#monitoring.enabled: false

# Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
# Filebeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
# is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
#monitoring.cluster_uuid:

# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well.
# Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster.
# Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch
# output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such
# that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply
# uncomment the following line.
#monitoring.elasticsearch:

# ============================== Instrumentation ===============================

# Instrumentation support for the filebeat.
#instrumentation:
    # Set to true to enable instrumentation of filebeat.
    #enabled: false

    # Environment in which filebeat is running on (eg: staging, production, etc.)
    #environment: ""

    # APM Server hosts to report instrumentation results to.
    #hosts:
    # - http://localhost:8200

    # API Key for the APM Server(s).
    # If api_key is set then secret_token will be ignored.
    #api_key:

    # Secret token for the APM Server(s).
    #secret_token:

# ================================= Migration ==================================

# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true

```

here's my configuration

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**Author:** ![alipujaistopo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alipujaistopo/32/50791_2.png) [@alipujaistopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alipujaistopo)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226/4 "2021-04-27T02:55:16Z")

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```
● filebeat.service - Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch.
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/filebeat.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Tue 2021-04-27 09:44:00 WIB; 6min ago
     Docs: https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat
  Process: 6275 ExecStart=/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat --environment systemd $BEAT_LOG_OPTS $BEAT_CONFIG_OPTS $BEAT_PATH_OPTS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
 Main PID: 6275 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Apr 27 09:44:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Apr 27 09:44:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.
Apr 27 09:44:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Apr 27 09:44:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for filebeat.service
Apr 27 09:44:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
Apr 27 09:44:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Apr 27 09:44:00 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed.

```

here's the log

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226/5 "2021-04-27T13:32:44Z")

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> [@alipujaistopo](#):
>
> ```auto
> elasticsearch.ssl.certificateAuthorities: ["/etc/filebeat/elasticsearch-ca.pem"]
> elasticsearch.ssl.verificationMode: none
> 
> ```

The configuration above seems incorrect. The options you should configure are called

```yml
output.elasticsearch.ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]
output.elasticsearch.ssl.verification_mode: none

```

So in your config, it would look like this:

```auto
output.elasticsearch:
  hosts: ["10.194.11.67:9200"]
  protocol: "https"
  username: "elastic"
  password: "password"
  ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/filebeat/elasticsearch-ca.pem"]
  ssl.verification_mode: none

```

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**Author:** ![alipujaistopo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alipujaistopo/32/50791_2.png) [@alipujaistopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alipujaistopo)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226/6 "2021-04-28T06:12:54Z")

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```
output.elasticsearch:
  hosts: ["10.194.11.67:9200"]
  protocol: "https"
  username: "elastic"
  password: "password"
  ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/filebeat/elasticsearch-ca.pem"]
  ssl.verification_mode: none

```

i follow this but still failed

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**Author:** ![alipujaistopo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alipujaistopo/32/50791_2.png) [@alipujaistopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alipujaistopo)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226/8 "2021-04-28T06:17:40Z")

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```
output.elasticsearch.ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]
output.elasticsearch.ssl.verification_mode: none

```

and this still failed

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226/9 "2021-04-28T08:35:15Z")

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What error message did you get when you tried the configuration I suggested?

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**Author:** ![alipujaistopo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alipujaistopo/32/50791_2.png) [@alipujaistopo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alipujaistopo)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226/10 "2021-04-28T08:42:50Z")

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same as I said above

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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:** [May 26, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-log-filebeat-auditbeat-and-winlogbeat/271226/11 "2021-05-26T10:42:58Z")

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