1 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .TH MKBEATINSTALLER 8
 2 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .SH NAME
 3 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom mkbeatinstaller, mkfilebeatinstaller,
 4 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom mkwinlogbeatinstaller \- make elastic beat Windows installers
 5 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .SH SYNOPSIS
 6 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .B mkbeatinstaller
 7 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .I beat
 8 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom \&...
 9 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .br
10 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .B mkfilebeatinstaller
11 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .br
12 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .B mkwinlogbeatinstaller
13 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .SH DESCRIPTION
14 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .I mkfilebeatinstaller
15 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom and
16 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .I mkwinlogbeat installer
17 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom are two NSIS scripts which create executable installers for the
18 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom elastic beat programs
19 a9557d76 2020-12-01 o .I filebeat
20 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom and
21 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .I winlogbeat
22 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom in the familiar Windows "Next, Next, Done" install wizard style.
23 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom Execution of the scripts requires the
24 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .IR makensis (1)
25 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom command, generally available from the nsis package on Linux
26 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom distributions.
27 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .PP
28 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom The scripts package the beat configuration files, the executable
29 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom command and license files. On installation, the files are copied to
30 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom the Program Files directory. A standard windows service is registered
31 a9557d76 2020-12-01 o which starts the beat's exe file.
32 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .B uninstall.exe
33 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom removes the installation directory and removes the service from the
34 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom windows service registry.
35 a9557d76 2020-12-01 o .PP
36 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .I mkbeatinstaller
37 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom will download the compiled Windows distribution of
38 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .I beat
39 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom from Elastic, then run the matching beat installer generation script.
40 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .SH EXAMPLE
41 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom Make installers for filebeat and winlogbeat:
42 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .EX
43 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom mkbeatinstaller filebeat winlogbeat
44 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .EE
45 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .SH FILES
46 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .B C:/Program Files/$beat
47 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom installation directory
48 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .br
49 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .B C:/Program Files/$beat/uninstall.exe
50 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom uninstallation program
51 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .SH SEE ALSO
52 ce7593f5 2018-10-26 ollytom .IR makensis (1)
53 a9557d76 2020-12-01 o .br
54 a9557d76 2020-12-01 o https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Main_Page