---
title: Quickstart: Running Beats on Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes
description: Apply the following specification to deploy Filebeat and collect the logs of all containers running in the Kubernetes cluster. ECK automatically configures...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4440/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s/quickstart-beats
products:
  - Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes
---

# Quickstart: Running Beats on Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes
1. Apply the following specification to deploy Filebeat and collect the logs of all containers running in the Kubernetes cluster. ECK automatically configures the secured connection to an Elasticsearch cluster named `quickstart`, created in [Deploy an Elasticsearch cluster](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4440/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s/elasticsearch-deployment-quickstart).
   ```yaml
   cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
   apiVersion: beat.k8s.elastic.co/v1beta1
   kind: Beat
   metadata:
     name: quickstart
   spec:
     type: filebeat
     version: {{version.stack}}
     elasticsearchRef:
       name: quickstart
     config:
       filebeat.inputs:
       - type: container
         paths:
         - /var/log/containers/*.log
     daemonSet:
       podTemplate:
         spec:
           dnsPolicy: ClusterFirstWithHostNet
           hostNetwork: true
           securityContext:
             runAsUser: 0
           containers:
           - name: filebeat
             volumeMounts:
             - name: varlogcontainers
               mountPath: /var/log/containers
             - name: varlogpods
               mountPath: /var/log/pods
             - name: varlibdockercontainers
               mountPath: /var/lib/docker/containers
           volumes:
           - name: varlogcontainers
             hostPath:
               path: /var/log/containers
           - name: varlogpods
             hostPath:
               path: /var/log/pods
           - name: varlibdockercontainers
             hostPath:
               path: /var/lib/docker/containers
   EOF
   ```
   Check [Configuration Examples](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4440/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s/configuration-examples-beats) for more ready-to-use manifests.
2. Monitor Beats.
   Retrieve details about the Filebeat.
   ```sh
   kubectl get beat
   ```
   ```sh
   NAME                  HEALTH   AVAILABLE   EXPECTED   TYPE       VERSION   AGE
   quickstart            green    3           3          filebeat   9.2.3     2m
   ```
3. List all the Pods belonging to a given Beat.
   ```sh
   kubectl get pods --selector='beat.k8s.elastic.co/name=quickstart-beat-filebeat'
   ```
   ```sh
   NAME                                      READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
   quickstart-beat-filebeat-tkz65            1/1     Running   0          3m45s
   quickstart-beat-filebeat-kx5jt            1/1     Running   0          3m45s
   quickstart-beat-filebeat-nb6qh            1/1     Running   0          3m45s
   ```
4. Access logs for one of the Pods.
   ```sh
   kubectl logs -f quickstart-beat-filebeat-tkz65
   ```
5. Access logs ingested by Filebeat.
   You have two options:
   - Follow the Elasticsearch deployment [guide](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4440/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s/elasticsearch-deployment-quickstart) and run:
  ```sh
  curl -u "elastic:$PASSWORD" -k "https://localhost:9200/filebeat-*/_search"
  ```
- Follow the Kibana deployment [guide](https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-content/pull/4440/deploy-manage/deploy/cloud-on-k8s/kibana-instance-quickstart), log in and go to **Kibana** > **Discover**.