# Beginners guide to building a beat **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [January 17, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginners-guide-to-building-a-beat/164713 "2019-01-17T22:48:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dorry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@dorry](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dorry)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginners-guide-to-building-a-beat/164713/1 "2019-01-17T22:48:05Z")
Hello There, I was wondering if you could help me please. I have been trying to compile and run the example lsbeat and heartbeat from the source code. I have followed the lsbeat blog and various other documents i could find but i am not really making a lot of progress. I was wondering if there was a step-by-step beginners guide to creating a beat please ? Many thanks in advance, David ---
**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:** [January 18, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginners-guide-to-building-a-beat/164713/2 "2019-01-18T20:07:44Z")
You've probably already looked at this, but in case you haven't, here's the official Beats developer guide: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/current/new-beat.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/current/new-beat.html). Could you try stepping through that and reporting back with where things break down for you, with some details as well? Thanks, Shaunak ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beginners-guide-to-building-a-beat/164713/3 "2019-02-15T22:17:58Z")
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