Running Filebeat in windows

Question

I set up filebeat on windows recently using these instructions

but it forces me to keep a cmd prompt open running the command

filebeat.exe -c filebeat.yml

I am wondering if there is a way to run this as a background process?

Thanks.

score 35 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 18 '19 at 09:01

35

Try walking through the full Getting Started guide for Filebeat. There are instructions for Windows. Basically the instructions are:

Move the extracted directory into Program Files.

PS > mv filebeat-5.1.2-windows-x86_64 "C:\Program Files\Filebeat"

Install the filebeat service.

PS > cd "C:\Program Files\Filebeat"
PS C:\Program Files\Filebeat> powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy UnRestricted -File .\install-service-filebeat.ps1

Edit the filebeat.yml config file and test your config.

PS C:\Program Files\Filebeat> .\filebeat.exe -e test config

(Optional) Run Filebeat in the foreground to make sure everything is working correctly. Ctrl+C to exit.
```
PS C:\Program Files\Filebeat> .\filebeat.exe -c filebeat.yml -e -d "*"
```
Start the service.
```
PS > Start-Service filebeat
```

And if you need to stop it, use Stop-Service filebeat. You might need to stop it and start it if you want to make changes to the config.

edited Nov 18 '19 at 09:01

Chintan Pathak

answered Jan 19 '17 at 23:54

A J

Hey, thanks a lot for the help. I tried to use the Start-Service but powershell says cannot find any service with service name filebeat – ScipioAfricanus Jan 20 '17 at 14:57
Did the `.\install-service-filebeat.ps1` script complete successfully? That's what adds the service. – A J Jan 20 '17 at 17:11
I did all of these steps succesfully. I needed to stopped and never cuold start it again. Someone can help me with that!! please!! – Daniel Silva Oct 02 '21 at 23:27

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