| Current Path : /usr/share/filebeat/ |
| Current File : //usr/share/filebeat/README.md |
# Welcome to Filebeat 7.6.0
Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch.
## Getting Started
To get started with Filebeat, you need to set up Elasticsearch on
your localhost first. After that, start Filebeat with:
./filebeat -c filebeat.yml -e
This will start Filebeat and send the data to your Elasticsearch
instance. To load the dashboards for Filebeat into Kibana, run:
./filebeat setup -e
For further steps visit the
[Getting started](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.6/filebeat-getting-started.html) guide.
## Documentation
Visit [Elastic.co Docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.6/index.html)
for the full Filebeat documentation.
## Release notes
https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/7.6/release-notes-7.6.0.html