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 #### Logstash-forwarder
 
+The logstash-forwarder container is configured to mount the /var/log/ directory of the host machine, which means all files in /var/log are visible to the container. Modify the "files" section conf/config.json to include the files you want logstash-forwarder to handle. 
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+You can modify the mount options in the Makefile if you need to access files that live in a directory other than /var/log/.
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 To build the Loststash-forwarder container
 
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