What is Filebeat and mention the segments it monitors?

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Posted On: Feb 22, 2018

 

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    Answered by Prachi

    Filebeat is a shipper mainly used for forwarding and centralizing log data. It is a lightweight tool that can be easily installed as an agent on the servers. The main function of the Filebeat is to monitor log files or locations that are specified by the user and collect log events and after collection, forward them for indexing and further processing.

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