# Auditbeat installation replaces custom config with example

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-installation-replaces-custom-config-with-example/148601>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** auditbeat\
**Created:** [September 14, 2018, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-installation-replaces-custom-config-with-example/148601 "2018-09-14T10:18:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![antwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@antwan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/antwan)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-installation-replaces-custom-config-with-example/148601/1 "2018-09-14T10:18:17Z")

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On CentOS 6, using beats 6.4.0, I create custom configs in /etc/"beat"/"beat".yml.  
After deploying Filebeat and Packetbeat I end up with "beat".yml.rpmnew, and they work as intended.

But with Auditbeat, I end up with the default example auditbeat.yml only, having replaced my own auditbeat.yml. This in turn include the 32-bit sample rules in /etc/auditbeat/audit\_rules.d/ effectively bricking the installation.

I use ansible to install my beats, and the Filebeat, Packetbeat and Auditbeat roles are identical in their setup, so I am pretty sure the problem is upstream.. 🙂

Has anyone else seen this?

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-installation-replaces-custom-config-with-example/148601/2 "2018-09-14T13:25:28Z")

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Yeah, we saw the problem and it should be fixed in the next release we make. We refactored our packaging process in 6.4.0, but unfortunately broke something.

Details are in [https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/8078](https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/8078).

If you want to test one of the fixed binaries prior to release you can get a snapshot build from [jenkins](https://beats-ci.elastic.co/job/elastic+beats+6.x+multijob-package-linux/gcsObjects/).

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**Author:** ![antwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@antwan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/antwan)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-installation-replaces-custom-config-with-example/148601/3 "2018-09-14T15:38:40Z")

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Great!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-installation-replaces-custom-config-with-example/148601/4 "2018-10-05T15:38:41Z")

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