Example of a filebeat config

filebeat-example.yml

filebeat:
  prospectors:
    -
      paths:
      #  - C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\Temp\UMS-logs\um-log*.log
        - /var/log/um-log-*.log
      encoding: plain
      input_type: log
      force_close_files: false

  registry_file: "C:/ProgramData/filebeat/registry"

############################# Output ##########################################
output:
  logstash:
    hosts: ["ourlogstashhostname.co.uk:9300"]

############################# Logging #########################################
logging:
  to_files: true

  files:
    path: /var/log
    name: filebeat
    rotateeverybytes: 10485760 # = 10MB
    keepfiles: 2
  level: debug