# filebeat

**filebeat** Lightweight shipper for logs

Forget using SSH when you have tens, hundreds, or even thousands of servers, virtual machines, and containers generating logs. Filebeat helps you keep the simple things simple by offering a lightweight way to forward and centralize logs and files.

For more information about filebeat, please visit
https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat.

### Installation instructions

Please follow the documentation on [running filebeat on Docker](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/running-on-docker.html).

### Where to file issues and PRs

- [Issues](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues)
- [PRs](https://github.com/elastic/beats/pulls)

### DoD Restrictions

### Where to get help

- [filebeat Discuss Forums](https://discuss.elastic.co/tags/c/elastic-stack/beats/28/filebeat)
- [filebeat Documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/index.html)

### Still need help?

You can learn more about the Elastic Community and also understand how to get more help
visiting [Elastic Community](https://www.elastic.co/community).

This software is governed by the [Elastic
License](https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/{{ .MajorMinor }}/licenses/ELASTIC-LICENSE.txt),
and includes the full set of [free
features](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions).

View the detailed release notes
[here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/release-notes-{{ beat_version }}.html).
