# Unable to forward logs from windows(filebeat) to linux logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-forward-logs-from-windows-filebeat-to-linux-logstash/82855>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [April 19, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-forward-logs-from-windows-filebeat-to-linux-logstash/82855 "2017-04-19T09:33:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![aruna123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@aruna123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aruna123)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-forward-logs-from-windows-filebeat-to-linux-logstash/82855/1 "2017-04-19T09:33:55Z")

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Hello Everyone,

I am newbie to ELK.

I started moving some log files(\*.txt) files from windows( via Filebeat) to Linux(Logstash) server.

Installed Filebeat in windows 2012.

Updated log path and added logstash ip address.

And in Logstash server installed input beats plugin and updated port number details

But still I do not see logs in Kibana.

And I see below error file in Filebeat logs:

2017-04-19T08:48:09Z INFO Starting prospector of type: log; id: 6133099517152485783  
2017-04-19T08:48:09Z INFO Loading and starting Prospectors completed. Enabled prospectors: 1  
2017-04-19T08:48:09Z INFO Starting Registrar  
2017-04-19T08:48:09Z INFO Start sending events to output  
2017-04-19T08:48:09Z INFO Starting spooler: spool\_size: 2048; idle\_timeout: 5s  
2017-04-19T08:48:39Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:49:09Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:49:39Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:50:09Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:50:39Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:51:09Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:51:39Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:52:09Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:52:39Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:53:09Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:53:39Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:54:09Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s  
2017-04-19T08:54:39Z INFO No non-zero metrics in the last 30s

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**Author:** ![maddin2016](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/maddin2016/32/16599_2.png) [@maddin2016](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/maddin2016)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-forward-logs-from-windows-filebeat-to-linux-logstash/82855/2 "2017-04-19T12:07:18Z")

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Can you post your filebeat.yml. The log you send is ok. It seems that prospector is not finding any file.

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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 10, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-forward-logs-from-windows-filebeat-to-linux-logstash/82855/3 "2017-05-10T09:34:21Z")

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