# Syslog harvester does not start. Running Filebeat 7.3.1 on Docker

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-harvester-does-not-start-running-filebeat-7-3-1-on-docker/201398
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** docker, filebeat
**Created:** [September 27, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-harvester-does-not-start-running-filebeat-7-3-1-on-docker/201398 "2019-09-27T12:57:37Z")
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### Author: ![glauber.ferreira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@glauber.ferreira](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/glauber.ferreira)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-harvester-does-not-start-running-filebeat-7-3-1-on-docker/201398/3 "2019-09-30T19:58:38Z")

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Solved. I need to mount syslog host files in order to docker container access them. See [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beats-in-docker-how-to-access-host-logs/127313/2](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beats-in-docker-how-to-access-host-logs/127313/2)

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