filebeat6.4.2

# Welcome to Filebeat 6.4.2 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/6.4/filebeat-getting-started.html) guide. ## Documentation Visit [Elastic.co Docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/6.4/index.html) for the full Filebeat documentation. ## Release notes https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/6.4/release-notes-6.4.2.html