# Unable to see filebeat in kibana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-filebeat-in-kibana/216856
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [January 28, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-filebeat-in-kibana/216856 "2020-01-28T14:16:33Z")
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### Author: ![Enzo\_baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@Enzo\_baker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Enzo_baker)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-filebeat-in-kibana/216856/1 "2020-01-28T14:16:34Z")

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Filebeat yml:

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

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

setup.template.settings:  
index.number\_of\_shards: 1

output.elasticsearch:

# Array of hosts to connect to.

hosts: ["localhost:9200"]

Elastic indices:

health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size  
green open .kibana\_task\_manager\_1 RQofB4VrTG-BQohcqBKOIQ 1 0 2 1 16.2kb 16.2kb  
green open .apm-agent-configuration U0fwynZRQJuQpx67lNJt-A 1 0 0 0 283b 283b  
green open .kibana\_1 a-j0bczeSpq58OXeGXqHWg 1 0 6 0 22.1kb 22.1kb

No filebeat\* index is visible.

I am a beginner to ELK. My set up is,

Filebeat -\> ElasticSearch -\> Kibana

I have gone through many threads but couldnt resolve my problem.  
Any advise is highly appreciated. Thanks!

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### Author: ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-filebeat-in-kibana/216856/2 "2020-01-28T17:14:52Z")

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Welcome! I moved your question to #beats:filebeat

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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: [February 25, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-see-filebeat-in-kibana/216856/3 "2020-02-25T17:14:52Z")

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