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Step 5: Starting Filebeatedit

Start Filebeat by issuing the appropriate command for your platform.

deb:

sudo /etc/init.d/filebeat start

rpm:

sudo /etc/init.d/filebeat start

mac:

sudo ./filebeat -e -c filebeat.yml -d "publish"

win:

PS C:\Program Files\Filebeat> Start-Service filebeat

By default, Windows log files are stored in C:\ProgramData\filebeat\Logs.

Filebeat is now ready to send log files to your defined output.

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