# Will Filebeat work on Rocky Linux?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-filebeat-work-on-rocky-linux/308875>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 5, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-filebeat-work-on-rocky-linux/308875 "2022-07-05T09:04:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![its-ogawa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/its-ogawa/32/120829_2.png) [@its-ogawa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/its-ogawa)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-filebeat-work-on-rocky-linux/308875/1 "2022-07-05T09:04:03Z")

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Hello, I'm looking for a way to get Filebeat to work on Rocky Linux. I have deployed Filebeat on several servers and have been collecting logs with ElasticSearch.

This is the first time I would like to deploy Filebeat on Rocky Linux.

Does Rocky Linux officially support Filebeat?

The following installation guide does not explicitly mention Rocky Linux, which makes me a bit nervous.

> **[Filebeat quick start: installation and configuration | Filebeat Reference...](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-installation-configuration.html)**

However, according to one user's blog, there is already a track record of installing Filebeat on Rocky Linux.

> **[Install and Use Filebeat, Logstash and Kibana on Rocky Linux 8 - TechViewLeo](https://techviewleo.com/install-and-use-filebeat-logstash-and-kibana-on-rocky-linux/)**
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> Kibana is the visualization tool for Elasticsearch. It is installed on Rocky Linux 8 using:

I would appreciate your advice.

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-filebeat-work-on-rocky-linux/308875/2 "2022-07-06T09:48:09Z")

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Hey @its-ogawa,

Rocky linux is not officially supported at the moment, you can find the supported operating systems in [Support Matrix | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix).

But other similar systems as RHEL and CentOS are supported, so I guess it should also work in Rocky Linux.

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**Author:** ![its-ogawa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/its-ogawa/32/120829_2.png) [@its-ogawa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/its-ogawa)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-filebeat-work-on-rocky-linux/308875/3 "2022-07-06T10:13:21Z")

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@jsoriano Thanks Jaime.  
Oh. I see. I'm a little disappointed.  
However, it is the best answer we can hope for now.

Now that CentOS8 is no longer supported, the world will choose Rocky as an option.  
I hope Elastic will officially declare to support Rocky in the near future.

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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:** [August 3, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-filebeat-work-on-rocky-linux/308875/4 "2022-08-03T12:13:46Z")

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