# 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")\
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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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