# Broken config in Filebeat documentation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/broken-config-in-filebeat-documentation/83793>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [April 27, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/broken-config-in-filebeat-documentation/83793 "2017-04-27T05:07:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Becker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/peter_becker/32/17726_2.png) [@Peter\_Becker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter_Becker)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/broken-config-in-filebeat-documentation/83793/1 "2017-04-27T05:07:28Z")

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On the [page documenting the use of Filebeat modules](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/5.3/_tutorial.html) this bit of config is shown:

```
var.paths = ["/var/log/nginx/access.log*"]

```

That should be a colon instead of the equals, shouldn't it?

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**Author:** ![pablosan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@pablosan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pablosan)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/broken-config-in-filebeat-documentation/83793/2 "2017-04-27T06:19:36Z")

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Hey Peter,

you can open a PR with the fix if you think that is incorrect, I haven't tested but yes... it not yaml notation.  
You can also validate it in [https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/filebeat/docs/modules-overview.asciidoc](https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/filebeat/docs/modules-overview.asciidoc)

> <https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/filebeat/docs/modules-overview.asciidoc>

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/broken-config-in-filebeat-documentation/83793/3 "2017-04-28T08:24:44Z")

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@Peter_Becker That is definitively incorrect. Could you open a Github issue or PR? @dedemorton FYI

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**Author:** ![dedemorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dedemorton/32/84409_2.png) [@dedemorton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dedemorton)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/broken-config-in-filebeat-documentation/83793/4 "2017-04-28T18:37:38Z")

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I can fix it. Thanks for pointing out the error.

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**Author:** ![dedemorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dedemorton/32/84409_2.png) [@dedemorton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dedemorton)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/broken-config-in-filebeat-documentation/83793/5 "2017-04-28T18:55:02Z")

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Fix is in this PR: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/4148](https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/4148)

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Becker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/peter_becker/32/17726_2.png) [@Peter\_Becker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter_Becker)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/broken-config-in-filebeat-documentation/83793/6 "2017-05-02T01:25:11Z")

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Thanks, @dedemorton - I had been busy over the last few days and no time to do one myself.

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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:** [May 18, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/broken-config-in-filebeat-documentation/83793/7 "2017-05-18T05:21:18Z")

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