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# Microsoft’s IIS Integration

## Microsoft’s Internet Information Service Integration

### 1. Enable IIS logging: 

Please follow below steps:

1.1. Open IIS Manager: Launch the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager

on your server.

1.2. Select the Site: Choose the specific site for which you want to enable

logging.

1.3. Access Logging Settings: In the Features View, double-click on the Logging

option.

1.4. Configure Log Settings: Ensure that logging is enabled. You can select the

log file format (W3C is commonly used) and specify the log file directory if

needed. This directory will store the log files generated by IIS.

### 2. Download the FileBeat package :

For Windows, download the ZIP file, extract it, and run the installer.

### 3. Configure FileBeat :

3.1. To edit the Filebeat Configuration File, open the ‘filebeat.yml’ file,

typically located in ‘C:\Program Files\Filebeat’ on Windows.

3.2. Add the following input configuration for IIS logs to Configure the Input:

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### 4. Start the Filebeat Service :

Open a command prompt as Administrator and run:

*> net start filebeat*


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