# Auditbeat OSS fails to start

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-oss-fails-to-start/236261>\
**Category:** SIEM\
**Created:** [June 9, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-oss-fails-to-start/236261 "2020-06-09T04:53:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Khasim\_Soudagar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khasim_soudagar/32/47010_2.png) [@Khasim\_Soudagar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khasim_Soudagar)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 4:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-oss-fails-to-start/236261/1 "2020-06-09T04:53:39Z")

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Please find the error message below, i have installed auditbeat and ELK stack from OSS repository. But failed to start auditbeat, can anyone please help me on this.

`[khasim@vm1] ~]$ sudo systemctl status -l auditbeat.service  
● auditbeat.service - Audit the activities of users and processes on your system.  
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/auditbeat.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)  
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Tue 2020-06-09 02:58:26 UTC; 2s ago  
Docs: [https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/auditbeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/auditbeat)  
Process: 24888 ExecStart=/usr/share/auditbeat/bin/auditbeat $BEAT\_LOG\_OPTS $BEAT\_CONFIG\_OPTS $BEAT\_PATH\_OPTS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)  
Main PID: 24888 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Jun 09 02:58:26 dev-toolspod01 auditbeat[24888]: 2020-06-09T02:58:26.260Z INFO instance/beat.go:412 auditbeat stopped.  
Jun 09 02:58:26 dev-toolspod01 auditbeat[24888]: 2020-06-09T02:58:26.260Z ERROR instance/beat.go:933 **Exiting: 1 error: no metricsets configured for module 'system'**  
Jun 09 02:58:26 dev-toolspod01 auditbeat[24888]: Exiting: 1 error: no metricsets configured for module 'system'  
Jun 09 02:58:26 dev-toolspod01 systemd[1]: Unit auditbeat.service entered failed state.  
Jun 09 02:58:26 dev-toolspod01 systemd[1]: auditbeat.service failed.  
Jun 09 02:58:26 dev-toolspod01 systemd[1]: auditbeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.  
Jun 09 02:58:26 dev-toolspod01 systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for auditbeat.service  
Jun 09 02:58:26 dev-toolspod01 systemd[1]: Failed to start Audit the activities of users and processes on your system..  
Jun 09 02:58:26 dev-toolspod01 systemd[1]: Unit auditbeat.service entered failed state.  
Jun 09 02:58:26 dev-toolspod01strong text systemd[1]: auditbeat.service failed.

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-oss-fails-to-start/236261/2 "2020-06-10T14:24:48Z")

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(Moving to SIEM category so the right developers may take a look).

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**Author:** ![Frank\_Hassanabad](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/frank_hassanabad/32/49255_2.png) [@Frank\_Hassanabad](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frank_Hassanabad)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-oss-fails-to-start/236261/3 "2020-06-10T16:07:56Z")

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Hi,

I see this related issue:

> [@Auditbeat system module fails to start](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-system-module-fails-to-start/173582/4):
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> @Owdaan I think I might know what's going on. How did you download or install Auditbeat? The system module is only contained in the default (free) distribution available from [https://www.elastic.co/downloads/beats/auditbeat](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/beats/auditbeat). The pure Apache 2.0 licensed distribution of Auditbeat does not contain the system module, only auditd and file\_integrity.

Let me know if that helps you out. If you want the system module that looks to be only in the x-pack basic but free package:

> **[System Module | Auditbeat Reference \[8.11\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/current/auditbeat-module-system.html)**

You can download and use that package for your needs though.

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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:** [July 8, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/auditbeat-oss-fails-to-start/236261/4 "2020-07-08T18:08:07Z")

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