function Start-FileBeatsService {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Start the filebeats service on a given machine.

.DESCRIPTION
    Start the filebeats service on a given machine. This function has the side effect of clearing a registry file if needed.

.PARAMETER ServiceName
    Additional refining value for searching for the service. When not present, defaults to checking the paths returned by Get-FileBeatsPath

.PARAMETER Timeout
    How long to wait on startup. Defaults to 5 seconds

.EXAMPLE
    Start-FileBeatsService
#>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
        [string]$ServiceName,

        $Timeout = 5
    )

    $logLead = (Get-LogLeadName)
    $filebeatServices = (Get-FileBeatsService -SearchPrefix $ServiceName)

    if (Test-IsCollectionNullOrEmpty $filebeatServices) {
        Write-Warning "$logLead : Filebeats not installed. Nothing to do."
        return
    }

    foreach ($filebeatService in $filebeatServices) {
        $ServiceName = $filebeatService.Name

        try {
            (Start-AlkamiService -ServiceName $ServiceName -Timeout $Timeout) | Out-Null
            Write-Host "$logLead : Service [$ServiceName] started successfully"
        } catch {
            # If anything throws in this catch, that's okay. We want to let the user know that we have an issue.
            # This should be automated, so anything that's happening ought to go to TC logs
            # I'm not try-catching tho because I want this to fail miserably if this can't do the thing
            Write-Warning "$logLead : Service [$ServiceName] not started successfully, attempting intervention"

            Write-Host "$logLead : Ensuring service is stopped"

            (Stop-AlkamiService $ServiceName) | Out-Null

            # get the data path in the same folder as the exepath
            $exePath = $filebeatService.ExePath
            $dataPath = (Join-Path (Split-Path $exePath) "data")

            if (Test-Path $dataPath) {
                Write-Host "$logLead : Clearing potentially corrupted files from $dataPath"
                (Remove-FileSystemItem -Path $dataPath -Recurse -Force) | Out-Null
            } else {
                Write-Host "$logLead : Data path not found at [$dataPath]"
            }

            # Ensure folder exists
            (New-Item -Path $dataPath -ItemType Directory -Force) | Out-Null

            Write-Host "$logLead : Files cleared, attempting to start again"

            (Start-AlkamiService -ServiceName $ServiceName -Timeout $Timeout) | Out-Null

            Write-Host "$logLead : Service [$ServiceName] started successfully"
        }
    }
}