IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates
will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the
current release documentation.
Step 1: Install Filebeat
editStep 1: Install Filebeat
editInstall Filebeat on all the servers you want to monitor.
To download and install Filebeat, use the commands that work with your system:
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-7.9.3-amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i filebeat-7.9.3-amd64.deb
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-7.9.3-x86_64.rpm sudo rpm -vi filebeat-7.9.3-x86_64.rpm
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-7.9.3-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz tar xzvf filebeat-7.9.3-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz
brew tap elastic/tap brew install elastic/tap/filebeat-full
This command installs the most recently released default distribution of
Filebeat. To install the OSS distribution, specify
elastic/tap/filebeat-oss.
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-7.9.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz tar xzvf filebeat-7.9.3-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
- Download the Filebeat Windows zip file from the downloads page.
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Extract the contents of the zip file into
C:\Program Files. -
Rename the
filebeat-<version>-windowsdirectory toFilebeat. - Open a PowerShell prompt as an Administrator (right-click the PowerShell icon and select Run As Administrator).
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From the PowerShell prompt, run the following commands to install Filebeat as a Windows service:
PS > cd 'C:\Program Files\Filebeat' PS C:\Program Files\Filebeat> .\install-service-filebeat.ps1
If script execution is disabled on your system, you need to set the
execution policy for the current session to allow the script to run. For
example:
PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy UnRestricted -File .\install-service-filebeat.ps1.