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Description
We should better communicate two things with the file input docs:
- Filebeat should be the recommended solution for log extraction.
- When absolutely required, the file input should only be used for file tailing.
Perhaps a banner statement similar to this would go a long way:
"For all log file extraction use cases, Filebeat is the strongly recommended solution coupled with Logstash or Elasticsearch for further processing and analytics. When required, the file input plugin for Logstash should only be used for the file tailing use case."