# Can i run metricbeat, packetbeat etc.. inside a docker on windows?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-run-metricbeat-packetbeat-etc-inside-a-docker-on-windows/226782>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker, metricbeat\
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-run-metricbeat-packetbeat-etc-inside-a-docker-on-windows/226782 "2020-04-06T21:36:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![micas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@micas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/micas)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-run-metricbeat-packetbeat-etc-inside-a-docker-on-windows/226782/1 "2020-04-06T21:36:50Z")

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Can i run metricbeat, packetbeat etc.. inside a docker on windows? I have managed to do so and they run fine however i cant get any windows related data other than packetbeat.

Do the other beats NEED to be installed directly on windows and therefore not support the abstraction of being inside a docker container and reading data from the host or am i missing something?

for metricbeat for example i get  
Error creating runner from config: 1 error: 1 error: metricset 'windows/service' not found  
2020-04-06T21:30:13.432Z ERROR [reload] cfgfile/list.go:96 Error creating runner from config: 1 error: 1 error: metricset 'windows/perfmon' not found

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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 4, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-i-run-metricbeat-packetbeat-etc-inside-a-docker-on-windows/226782/2 "2020-05-04T21:36:52Z")

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