• 5.2, 5.2.1, latest (5.2/Dockerfile)
• 1.2 (1.2/Dockerfile)

Run the latest container with:

docker run stakater/filebeat:latest

Build an image: docker build -t stakater/filebeat .

Push an image: sudo docker push stakater/filebeat

Note you might have to login first before you can push the image to docker-hub sudo docker login

Before starting Filebeat, you should look at the configuration options in the configuration file, for example /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml

Tell filebeat container three things:

1. location (directory) containing logs to beat
2. logstash server host
3. logstash server port

e.g.

docker run -d -v "/Users/rasheed/Documents/projects/pliro/ams/logs:/var/log/app" -e "LOGSTASH_HOST=192.168.99.100" -e "LOGSTASH_PORT=5044" stakater/filebeat

To run filebeat with full debug logs...

/usr/bin/filebeat -e -d "*" -c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml

filebeat logs can be found at: /var/log/mybeat/mybeat

and level can be changed in filebeat.yml

Before starting Filebeat for the first time, run this command (replace ELASTIC_SEARCH_HOST with the appropriate hostname) to load the default index template in Elasticsearch:

curl -XPUT 'http://{ELASTIC_SEARCH_HOST}:9200/_template/filebeat?pretty' -d@/{PATH_TO_THIS_FILE}/filebeat.template.json

And the response should be:

{
  "acknowledged" : true
}