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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 Winlogbeat 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 Winlogbeat.	`{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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Winlogbeat uses the following default paths unless you explicitly change them.

zip, tar.gz, and tgz

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

For the zip, tar.gz and tgz distributions, these paths are based on the location of the extracted binary file. This means that if you start Winlogbeat with the following simple command, all paths are set correctly:

Start-Service winlogbeat

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