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Add doc changes to improve getting started (elastic#3600)
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14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions filebeat/docs/getting-started.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ see <<filebeat-configuration-details>>.

To configure Filebeat, you edit the configuration file. For rpm and deb, you'll
find the configuration file at `/etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml`. For mac and win, look in
the archive that you just extracted.
the archive that you just extracted. There’s also a full example configuration file
called `filebeat.full.yml` that shows all non-deprecated options.

Here is a sample of the `filebeat` section of the `filebeat.yml` file. Filebeat uses predefined
default values for most configuration options.
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Start Filebeat by issuing the appropriate command for your platform.

NOTE: If you use an init.d script to start Filebeat on deb or rpm, you can't
specify command line flags (see <<filebeat-command-line>>). To specify flags,
start Filebeat in the foreground.

*deb:*

[source,shell]
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We don't offer prebuilt dashboards for visualizing Filebeat data. However, to make it easier for you to explore Filebeat
data in Kibana, we've created a Filebeat index pattern: `filebeat-*`. To load this pattern, you can use the script
that's provided for importing dashboards.
that's provided for importing dashboards:

[source,shell]
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./scripts/import_dashboards -only-index
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For more information about running the script, see
{libbeat}/import-dashboards.html[Importing Existing Beat Dashboards] in the _Beats Platform Reference_.
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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion heartbeat/docs/getting-started.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ options, see <<heartbeat-configuration-details>>.

To configure Heartbeat, you edit the configuration file. For rpm and deb,
you'll find the configuration file at +/etc/heartbeat/heartbeat.yml+.
For mac and win, look in the archive that you just extracted.
For mac and win, look in the archive that you just extracted. There’s also a
full example configuration file called `heartbeat.full.yml` that shows all
non-deprecated options.

Heartbeat provides monitors to check the status of hosts at set intervals.
You configure each monitor individually. Heartbeat currently provides monitors
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Start Heartbeat by issuing the appropriate command for your platform.

NOTE: If you use an init.d script to start Heartbeat on deb or rpm, you can't
specify command line flags (see <<heartbeat-command-line>>). To specify flags,
start Heartbeat in the foreground.

*deb:*

["source","sh",subs="attributes"]
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9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions libbeat/docs/gettingstarted.asciidoc
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["source","sh",subs="attributes"]
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{
"name" : "Angela Del Toro",
"name" : "ofgAtrJ",
"cluster_name" : "elasticsearch",
"cluster_uuid" : "3h9xSrVlRJmDHgQ8FLnByA",
"version" : {
"number" : "{ES-version}",
"build_hash" : "8ff36d139e16f8720f2947ef62c8167a888992fe",
"build_timestamp" : "2016-01-27T13:32:39Z",
"build_hash" : "db0d481",
"build_date" : "2017-02-09T22:05:32.386Z",
"build_snapshot" : false,
"lucene_version" : "6.1.0"
"lucene_version" : "6.4.1"
},
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}
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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions metricbeat/docs/gettingstarted.asciidoc
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To configure Metricbeat, you edit the configuration file. For rpm and deb,
you'll find the configuration file at `/etc/metricbeat/metricbeat.yml`. For mac
and win, look in the archive that you just extracted.
and win, look in the archive that you just extracted. There’s also a full
example configuration file called `metricbeat.full.yml` that shows all
non-deprecated options.

Metricbeat uses <<metricbeat-modules,modules>> to collect metrics. You configure
each module individually. The following example shows the default configuration
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[[metricbeat-starting]]
=== Step 4: Starting Metricbeat

Run Metricbeat by issuing the following command:
Run Metricbeat by issuing the appropriate command for your platform.

NOTE: If you use an init.d script to start Metricbeat on deb or rpm, you can't
specify command line flags (see <<command-line-options>>). To specify flags,
start Metricbeat in the foreground.

*deb:*

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9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions packetbeat/docs/gettingstarted.asciidoc
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To configure Packetbeat, you edit the configuration file. For rpm and deb, you'll
find the configuration file at `/etc/packetbeat/packetbeat.yml`. For mac and win, look in
the archive that you just extracted.
the archive that you just extracted. There’s also a full example configuration file called
`packetbeat.full.yml` that shows all non-deprecated options.

To configure Packetbeat:

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[[packetbeat-starting]]
=== Step 4: Starting Packetbeat

Run Packetbeat by issuing the following command:
Run Packetbeat by issuing the command that is appropriate for your platform.

NOTE: If you use an init.d script to start Packetbeat on deb or rpm, you can't
specify command line flags (see <<packetbeat-command>>). To specify flags,
start Packetbeat in the foreground.

*deb:*

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion winlogbeat/docs/getting-started.asciidoc
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Before starting Winlogbeat, you should look at the configuration options in the
configuration file, for example `C:\Program Files\Winlogbeat\winlogbeat.yml`.
For more information about these options, see <<winlogbeat-configuration-details>>.
There’s also a full example configuration file called `winlogbeat.full.yml` that
shows all non-deprecated options. For more information about these options, see
<<winlogbeat-configuration-details>>.

[[winlogbeat-configuration]]
=== Step 2: Configuring Winlogbeat
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