diff --git a/plugins/base/plugin_base.py b/plugins/base/plugin_base.py
index abc813f..475ba9e 100644
--- a/plugins/base/plugin_base.py
+++ b/plugins/base/plugin_base.py
@@ -38,9 +38,16 @@ class BasePlugin():
         """ Set the attack logger for this machine """
         self.attack_logger = attack_logger
 
+    def process_templates(self):
+        """ A method you can optionally implement to transfer your jinja2 templates into the files yo want to send to the target. See 'required_files' """
+
+        return
+
     def setup(self):
         """ Prepare everything for the plugin """
 
+        self.process_templates()
+
         for a_file in self.required_files:
             src = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(self.plugin_path), a_file)
             self.vprint(src, 3)
@@ -128,10 +135,15 @@ class BasePlugin():
 
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def get_plugin_path(self):
+        """ Returns the path the plugin file(s) are stored in """
+
+        return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(self.plugin_path))
+
     def get_default_config_filename(self):
         """ Generate the default filename of the default configuration file """
 
-        return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(self.plugin_path), self.default_config_name)
+        return os.path.join(self.get_plugin_path(), self.default_config_name)
 
     def get_raw_default_config(self):
         """ Returns the default config as string. Usable as an example and for documentation """
diff --git a/plugins/default/sensors/linux_filebeat/README.md b/plugins/default/sensors/linux_filebeat/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..848b21f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/default/sensors/linux_filebeat/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Filebeat plugin
+
+Basic demo plugin for a linux filebeat sensor.
+
+## Important feature
+
+The sensor demos a feature to create config files based on a template before the file is deployed to the target.
+
+
+## Current state
+
+Basic functionality is working. The logging is not optimized. Will come back to it as soon as we have more attacks. 
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diff --git a/plugins/default/sensors/linux_filebeat/filebeat_template.conf b/plugins/default/sensors/linux_filebeat/filebeat_template.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..249d6be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/default/sensors/linux_filebeat/filebeat_template.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+input {
+  beats {
+    port => 5044
+  }
+}
+
+filter {}
+
+output {
+ file {
+   path => "{{playground}}/filebeat.json"
+   codec => json
+   id => "id_filebeat"
+   create_if_deleted => true
+   write_behavior => "append"
+ }
+
+ stdout{}
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/default/sensors/linux_filebeat/linux_filebeat_plugin.py b/plugins/default/sensors/linux_filebeat/linux_filebeat_plugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f6c717
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/default/sensors/linux_filebeat/linux_filebeat_plugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# A plugin to experiment with Linux logstash filebeat sensors
+
+from plugins.base.sensor import SensorPlugin
+import os
+import time
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, select_autoescape
+
+
+class LinuxFilebeatPlugin(SensorPlugin):
+    # Boilerplate
+    name = "linux_filebeat"
+    description = "Linux filebeat plugin"
+
+    required_files = ["filebeat.conf",
+                      "filebeat.yml",
+                     ]
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.plugin_path = __file__
+
+        self.debugit = False
+
+    def process_templates(self):
+        """ process jinja2 templates of the config files and insert own config """
+
+        # TODO: Implement
+
+        env = Environment(
+            loader=FileSystemLoader(self.get_plugin_path(), encoding='utf-8', followlinks=False),
+            autoescape=select_autoescape()
+        )
+        template = env.get_template("filebeat_template.conf")
+        dest = os.path.join(self.get_plugin_path(), "filebeat.conf")
+        with open(dest, "wt") as fh:
+            res = template.render({"playground": self.get_playground()})
+            fh.write(res)
+
+    def prime(self):
+        """ Hard-core install. Requires a reboot """
+
+        # For reference: This is the core config we will need. In addition there are two reg files to apply to the registry
+        #        sc control aswbidsagent 255
+        #        timeout /t 5
+        #        'copy /y "cd %userprofile% & aswidptestdll.dll" "c:\Program Files\Avast Software\Avast\"'
+        #        reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Avast Software\Avast\properties\IDP\Setting" /v debug_channel.enabled /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
+        #        timeout /t 2
+        #        sc start aswbidsagent
+
+        # Important: AV must be 21.2
+        # dll_name = self.conf["dll_name"]
+
+        # idp_tool_folder = self.conf["idp_tool_folder"]
+
+        pg = self.get_playground()
+
+        self.vprint("Installing Linux filebeat sensor", 3)
+
+        self.run_cmd(f"sudo wget -qO - https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch | sudo apt-key add -")
+        self.run_cmd('sudo echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-7.x.list')
+        self.run_cmd("sudo apt update")
+        self.run_cmd("sudo apt -y install default-jre")
+        self.run_cmd("sudo apt -y install logstash")
+        self.run_cmd("sudo apt -y install filebeat")
+
+        # Copy config
+        self.run_cmd(f"sudo cp {pg}/filebeat.yml /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml")
+        self.run_cmd(f"sudo cp {pg}/filebeat.conf /etc/logstash/conf.d")
+
+        # Cleanup
+        self.run_cmd(f"rm {pg}/filebeat.json")
+        self.run_cmd(f"touch {pg}/filebeat.json")
+        self.run_cmd(f"chmod o+w {pg}/filebeat.json")
+
+        return False
+
+    def install(self):
+        """ Installs the filebeat sensor """
+
+        return
+
+    def start(self):
+
+        self.run_cmd("sudo filebeat modules enable system,iptables")
+        self.run_cmd("sudo filebeat setup --pipelines --modules iptables,system,")
+        self.run_cmd("sudo systemctl enable filebeat")
+        self.run_cmd("sudo systemctl start filebeat")
+        self.run_cmd("sudo systemctl enable logstash.service")
+        self.run_cmd("sudo systemctl start logstash.service")
+
+        return None
+
+    def stop(self):
+        """ Stop the sensor """
+        return
+
+    def collect(self, path):
+        """ Collect sensor data """
+
+        pg = self.get_playground()
+        self.get_from_machine(f"{pg}/filebeat.json", os.path.join(path, "filebeat.json"))  # nosec
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