How do you configure multiple collection tasks in Filebeat?

To set up multiple collection tasks, you need to follow these steps:

  1. Open the Filebeat configuration file filebeat.yml.
  2. In the filebeat.inputs section, configure the input settings for each data collection task. For example, if you want to configure two log file collection tasks, you can add the following settings:
  3. Filebeat inputs include two log files, file1.log and file2.log, located at specified paths.
  4. This will set up two data collection tasks, each of which will monitor a log file.
  5. Configure additional options for each collection task, such as log parsers, field mappings, etc. You can add these options in each task configuration block under filebeat.inputs.
  6. Save and close the configuration file.
  7. Start or restart the Filebeat service.

In this way, Filebeat will run multiple collection tasks simultaneously, with each task independently monitoring and collecting specified log files.

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