# Filebeat

Filebeat is an open source file harvester, mostly used to fetch logs files and feed them into logstash.
Together with the libbeat lumberjack output is a replacement for [logstash-forwarder](https://github.com/elastic/logstash-forwarder).

To learn more about Filebeat, check out https://www.elastic.co/beats/filebeat.


## Quick start

Please follow the [quick start](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-installation-configuration.html)
guide from the docs.

## Documentation

Please visit [elastic.co](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/index.html)
 for the documentation.


## Bugs and feature requests

If you have an issue, please start by opening a topic on the
[forums](https://discuss.elastic.co/c/beats/filebeat). We'll help you
troubleshoot and work with you on a solution.

If you are sure you found a bug or have a feature request, open an issue on
[Github](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues).

## Contributions

We love contributions from our community! Please read the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](../CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
