Filebeat

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filebeat[1] is a lightweight software developed by Elastic for sending logs is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. Filebeat uses a backpressure-sensitive protocol for sending logs.

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:

Configuration files

And run it:

  • filebeat modules enable system
filebeat modules enable system
Enabled 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)
Loaded dashboards
Loaded machine learning job configurations
Loaded Ingest pipelines


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

See also

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