Use ProgramData for Windows service logs #4765
Merged
Conversation
This file contains bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
The logs for Beats that are running as Windows services are currently written to `C:\Program Files\[beatname]\logs` (or the extract path which is `path.home`). Our Getting Started guides say that the logs go to `C:\ProgramData\[beatname]\Logs`. This PR sets `path.log` for the Windows service to `C:\ProgramData\[beatname]\logs`. See elastic#4764
exekias
approved these changes
Jul 27, 2017
andrewkroh
added
the
needs_backport
andrewkroh
removed
the
needs_backport
andrewkroh
added a commit
to andrewkroh/beats
that referenced
this pull request
Aug 8, 2017
The logs for Beats that are running as Windows services are currently written to `C:\Program Files\[beatname]\logs` (or the extract path which is `path.home`). Our Getting Started guides say that the logs go to `C:\ProgramData\[beatname]\Logs`. This PR sets `path.log` for the Windows service to `C:\ProgramData\[beatname]\logs`. See elastic#4764 (cherry picked from commit 47d3db4)
tsg
pushed a commit
that referenced
this pull request
Aug 9, 2017
The logs for Beats that are running as Windows services are currently written to `C:\Program Files\[beatname]\logs` (or the extract path which is `path.home`). Our Getting Started guides say that the logs go to `C:\ProgramData\[beatname]\Logs`. This PR sets `path.log` for the Windows service to `C:\ProgramData\[beatname]\logs`. See #4764 (cherry picked from commit 47d3db4)
leweafan
pushed a commit
to leweafan/beats
that referenced
this pull request
Apr 28, 2023
The logs for Beats that are running as Windows services are currently written to `C:\Program Files\[beatname]\logs` (or the extract path which is `path.home`). Our Getting Started guides say that the logs go to `C:\ProgramData\[beatname]\Logs`. This PR sets `path.log` for the Windows service to `C:\ProgramData\[beatname]\logs`. See elastic#4764 (cherry picked from commit 2169bdd)
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
The logs for Beats that are running as Windows services are currently written to
C:\Program Files\[beatname]\logs(or the extract path which ispath.home). Our Getting Started guides say that the logs go toC:\ProgramData\[beatname]\Logs. This PR setspath.logfor the Windows service toC:\ProgramData\[beatname]\logs.See #4764