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.

docker
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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

config

The location for configuration files.

/usr/share/journalbeat

data

The location for persistent data files.

/usr/share/journalbeat/data

logs

The location for the logs created by Journalbeat.

/usr/share/journalbeat/logs

 
./journalbeat
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