# Build filebeat x-pack modules from source fails **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [April 1, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128 "2020-04-01T21:33:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Ware](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mike_ware/32/46467_2.png) [@Mike\_Ware](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mike_Ware)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/1 "2020-04-01T21:33:02Z")
I have managed to build file beat and base modules from source found at [https://github.com/elastic/beats](https://github.com/elastic/beats) . When I try to build the modules in beats/x-pack/filebeat I receive the following error with build launched at src/github.com/elastic/beats/x-pack/filebeat ```auto mage build >> build: Building filebeat ../libbeat/cmd/inject.go:17:2: build constraints exclude all Go files in /root/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/x-pack/libbeat/processors/add_cloudfoundry_metadata Error: running "go build -o filebeat -ldflags -s -X github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/version.buildTime=2020-04-01T21:26:46Z -X github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/version.commit=0ef472268ea41881f81accabe2af6cfb72eef682" failed with exit code 1 ``` I have little experience with Go and so am lost as far as troubleshooting this goes. The one things that I notice is the reference to the [github.com/elastic/beats/v7](http://github.com/elastic/beats/v7) which does not exists in the source tree. ```auto go version go1.14.1 freebsd/amd64 go env : GO111MODULE="" GOARCH="amd64" GOBIN="" GOCACHE="/root/.cache/go-build" GOENV="/root/.config/go/env" GOEXE="" GOFLAGS="" GOHOSTARCH="amd64" GOHOSTOS="freebsd" GOINSECURE="" GONOPROXY="" GONOSUMDB="" GOOS="freebsd" GOPATH="/root/go" GOPRIVATE="" GOPROXY="https://proxy.golang.org,direct" GOROOT="/usr/local/go" GOSUMDB="sum.golang.org" GOTMPDIR="" GOTOOLDIR="/usr/local/go/pkg/tool/freebsd_amd64" GCCGO="gccgo" AR="ar" CC="clang" CXX="clang++" CGO_ENABLED="1" GOMOD="/root/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/go.mod" CGO_CFLAGS="-g -O2" CGO_CPPFLAGS="" CGO_CXXFLAGS="-g -O2" CGO_FFLAGS="-g -O2" CGO_LDFLAGS="-g -O2" PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config" GOGCCFLAGS="-fPIC -m64 -pthread -fno-caret-diagnostics -Qunused-arguments -fmessage-length=0 -fdebug-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build279549248=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches" ``` Thanks in advance for any help. ---
**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/2 "2020-04-02T08:40:49Z")
Hi @Mike_Ware! I was not able to reproduce this one: ```auto ~/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/x-pack/filebeat git log --pretty=oneline 495595d6240881661e9b15059f3fa70a5c400edc (HEAD -> master, upstream/master, origin/master) Remove dataType field of query metricset (#17383) 9009938d64c3f2c688b2b8ecd6afbb7108d0ddc3 Add pattern to handle logs from newer ES versions (#17406) e3c72b308f6d4e3290690365aa7adb6939608dec [Filebeat] Improve ECS categorization field mappings for mssql module (#17376) e7229a4d36de8bb55e5c41958374e064b9ea38fe [Filebeat] Improve ECS categorization field mappings for mongodb module (#17371) ``` And: ```auto ~/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/x-pack/filebeat mage build >> build: Building filebeat ~/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/x-pack/filebeat ./filebeat version filebeat version 8.0.0 (amd64), libbeat 8.0.0 [495595d6240881661e9b15059f3fa70a5c400edc built 2020-04-02 08:39:10 +0000 UTC] ``` What could be different in your case? ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Ware](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mike_ware/32/46467_2.png) [@Mike\_Ware](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mike_Ware)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/3 "2020-04-02T16:54:31Z")
Hi Chris thanks for your reply. I am on freebsd 11.3 which could be a difference. Is there a solid set of instructions for setting up the build environment? I feel like I may just be missing something simple that's killing me. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Ware](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mike_ware/32/46467_2.png) [@Mike\_Ware](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mike_Ware)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/4 "2020-04-02T23:57:02Z")
I just tried on a pretty fresh freebsd 12 system and it failed as well. Here's the entire process I followed. Install python 3.8 Link python ln -s /usr/local/bin/python3.8 /usr/local/bin/python ln -s /usr/local/bin/python3.8 /usr/local/bin/python3 Install latest go wget [https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.1.freebsd-386.tar.gz](https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.1.freebsd-386.tar.gz) tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.14.1.freebsd-386.tar.gz Add paths to profiles for execution Install mage go get -u -d [GitHub - magefile/mage: a Make/rake-like dev tool using Go](http://github.com/magefile/mage) cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/magefile/mage go run bootstrap.go Clone beats repo Create /root/go/src/github.com/elastic folder and clone beats git clone [GitHub - elastic/beats: 🐠 Beats - Lightweight shippers for Elasticsearch & Logstash](https://github.com/elastic/beats.git) Build filebeat ~/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat # mage build Succeeds This is where we fail ~/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/x-pack/filebeat # mage build > > build: Building filebeat > > ../libbeat/cmd/inject.go:17:2: build constraints exclude all Go files in /root/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/x-pack/libbeat/processors/add\_cloudfoundry\_metadata > > Error: running "go build -o filebeat -ldflags -s -X [github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/version.buildTime=2020-04-02T16:42:12Z](http://github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/version.buildTime=2020-04-02T16:42:12Z) -X [github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/version.commit=ee1d6f57dffc73d579a22e0ea330cc6ec3bf34ce](http://github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/version.commit=ee1d6f57dffc73d579a22e0ea330cc6ec3bf34ce)" failed with exit code 1 ---
**Author:** ![blaker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/blaker/32/65621_2.png) [@blaker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/blaker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/5 "2020-04-03T13:07:16Z")
@Mike_Ware Could you try to remove both of these lines to see if it will build? > > I think those lines might have been added when they are really not required for cloudfoundry. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Ware](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mike_ware/32/46467_2.png) [@Mike\_Ware](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mike_Ware)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/6 "2020-04-03T16:02:36Z")
@blaker Thanks for the tip, but neither of those files exist in my source tree. In fact there is no blob folder at all. find /root/go/src/ -name blob returns nothing and the metadata files are not in the path you proposed. Did I miss a step in generating? I did find it in the libbeat x-pack tree. find /root/go/src/ -name add\_cloudfoundry\_metadata.go /root/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/x-pack/libbeat/processors/add\_cloudfoundry\_metadata/add\_cloudfoundry\_metadata.go Thanks for your help. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Ware](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mike_ware/32/46467_2.png) [@Mike\_Ware](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mike_Ware)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/7 "2020-04-03T16:42:44Z")
Also interesting is it looks as though the automated build is failing : [https://travis-ci.org/github/elastic/beats/jobs/670282371](https://travis-ci.org/github/elastic/beats/jobs/670282371) ---
**Author:** ![blaker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/blaker/32/65621_2.png) [@blaker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/blaker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/8 "2020-04-03T17:29:49Z")
@Mike_Ware The job you linked to shows passed. Yes you need to update it in that path that you found with `find`. Where you able to get it to build with that line removed? ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Ware](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mike_ware/32/46467_2.png) [@Mike\_Ware](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mike_Ware)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/9 "2020-04-03T17:52:57Z")
@blaker Ah strange it was showing as failing when I posted. And yes removing that line has fixed the build. Thanks so much for your help I thought I was going crazy or just missing something very simple! ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Ware](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mike_ware/32/46467_2.png) [@Mike\_Ware](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mike_Ware)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/10 "2020-04-03T18:14:48Z")
@blaker one last question, Is there a way to cleanly install from source? I've tried make/mage/gmake install with no luck. ---
**Author:** ![blaker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/blaker/32/65621_2.png) [@blaker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/blaker)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/11 "2020-04-03T18:40:17Z")
@Mike_Ware `mage build` in the directory should produce an output in `build/`. From there you can just use the binary, can move it to `/usr/local/bin` if you would like. I have a fix going in to remove those lines so you do not need the modifications. > ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Ware](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mike_ware/32/46467_2.png) [@Mike\_Ware](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mike_Ware)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/12 "2020-04-03T19:58:00Z")
@blaker thanks much appreciated. I figured just moving was the easy way just wondering if I was missing something else in the build. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/build-filebeat-x-pack-modules-from-source-fails/226128/13 "2020-05-01T19:58:12Z")
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