Filebeat

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filebeat[1] is a lightweight software developed by Elastic for sending logs is available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Install it in MacOS executing: brew install filebeat or brew tap elastic/tap && brew install elastic/tap/filebeat-full or running inside a container[2] and configure it:

Configure it:

  • MacOS: /usr/local/etc/filebeat.yml[3]
  • Docker: /usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.yml

And run it:

  • filebeat modules enable system
filebeat modules enable system
Module system is already enabled
  • filebeat setup (Requires Kibana running and reachable)
filebeat setup
Index setup finished.
Loading dashboards (Kibana must be running and reachable)


  • filebeat -e
-e Log to stderr and disable syslog/file output

See also

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