This functionality is experimental and may be changed or removed completely in a future release. Elastic will take a best effort approach to fix any issues, but experimental features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.

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Directory layout

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Directory layout

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The directory layout of an installation is as follows:

Type	Description	Default Location	Config Option
home	Home of the Journalbeat installation.		`path.home`
bin	The location for the binary files.	`{path.home}/bin`
config	The location for configuration files.	`{path.home}`	`path.config`
data	The location for persistent data files.	`{path.home}/data`	`path.data`
logs	The location for the logs created by Journalbeat.	`{path.home}/logs`	`path.logs`

You can change these settings by using CLI flags or setting path options in the configuration file.

Default paths

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Journalbeat uses the following default paths unless you explicitly change them.

deb and rpm

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Type	Description	Location
home	Home of the Journalbeat installation.	`/usr/share/journalbeat`
bin	The location for the binary files.	`/usr/share/journalbeat/bin`
config	The location for configuration files.	`/etc/journalbeat`
data	The location for persistent data files.	`/var/lib/journalbeat`
logs	The location for the logs created by Journalbeat.	`/var/log/journalbeat`

For the deb and rpm distributions, these paths are set in the init script or in the systemd unit file. Make sure that you start the Journalbeat service by using the preferred operating system method (init scripts or systemctl). Otherwise the paths might be set incorrectly.

./journalbeat

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