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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.