Filebeat works for Centos 5

#!/bin/bash
#
# filebeat:          Startup script for Filebeat Log Shipper.
#
# chkconfig: 3 80 05
# description:      Startup script for Filebeat Log Shipper standalone

FILEBEAT_HOME=/root;
export FILEBEAT_HOME

start() {
       echo -n "Starting Filebeat: "
       echo "Starting Filebeat at `date`" >> $FILEBEAT_HOME/startup.log
       /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat \
      -path.home /usr/share/filebeat \
      -path.config /etc/filebeat \
      -path.data /var/lib/filebeat \
      -path.logs /var/log/filebeat -e &
       sleep 2
       echo "done"
}

stop() {
       echo -n "Stopping Filebeat: "
       echo "Stopping Filebeat at `date`" >> $FILEBEAT_HOME/startup.log
       su $FILEBEAT_OWNER -c "pkill filebeat"
       echo "done"
}

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
       start)
               start
               ;;
       stop)
               stop
               ;;
       restart)
               stop
               start
               ;;
       status)
               if pgrep -fl "/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat" > /dev/null;then echo running;else echo not running;fi
               ;;
       *)
               echo $"Usage: filebeat {start|stop|restart}"
               exit
esac
# Make the file executable
$ chmod +x /etc/init.d/filebeat-standalone

Worked with out issues :)