# About Filebeat http endpoint **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [February 15, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-filebeat-http-endpoint/168506 "2019-02-15T03:20:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jack\_liang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jack\_liang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jack_liang)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-filebeat-http-endpoint/168506/1 "2019-02-15T03:20:36Z")
now , i need to know filebeat is working，five minutes apart. i know http endpoint in version 6.6. now, i enable http endpoint in filebeat.reference.yml, but i use [http://localhost:5066/stats](http://localhost:5066/stats) in chrome, i don't get anything. how to use http endpoint? --------------------------------filebeat.reference.yml---------------------------------------------- http.enabled: true http.host: localhost http.port: 5066 ---
**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-filebeat-http-endpoint/168506/2 "2019-02-18T18:51:10Z")
Which configuration file are you using with Filebeat? Filebeat uses `filebeat.yml` by default. Changing any settings in `filebeat.reference.yml` will have no affect, unless you actually run filebeat with the reference config file. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-filebeat-http-endpoint/168506/3 "2019-03-18T18:51:15Z")
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