# Where to see the logs if any error occurred while restart the filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-see-the-logs-if-any-error-occurred-while-restart-the-filebeat/106492>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [November 6, 2017, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-see-the-logs-if-any-error-occurred-while-restart-the-filebeat/106492 "2017-11-06T09:23:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rajeshwari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rajeshwari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajeshwari)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-see-the-logs-if-any-error-occurred-while-restart-the-filebeat/106492/1 "2017-11-06T09:23:48Z")

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Hi,

Where to see the logs if any error occurred while restart the filebeat.

I have done changes in filebeat.yml and restart the filbeat service. Fileabeat service is failed due to errors in filebeat.yml.

Please advise where to see the logs.

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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2017, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-see-the-logs-if-any-error-occurred-while-restart-the-filebeat/106492/2 "2017-11-06T10:48:45Z")

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See you filebeat configuration file for the log configuration. On linux it should be `/var/log/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:** [December 4, 2017, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-to-see-the-logs-if-any-error-occurred-while-restart-the-filebeat/106492/3 "2017-12-04T10:49:16Z")

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