# Config Path **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [January 18, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773 "2019-01-18T10:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mylyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@mylyo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mylyo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/1 "2019-01-18T10:44:00Z")
Hi, As begginner at Elastic, iam tryning to install Elastic stack on my machine (Mac IOS). Actually i have a problem with Filebeat. i am trying to add a new index via Filebeat. Config is ok but when i run it i have always the same error that stop Filebeat. its error about config path : "No paths were defined for input accessing config". when i run ./filebeat -e -d "\*" i saw that filebeat look for "configured Path" : [/usr/local/elasticsearch/gc.log....] i never set parth config, so how should i changed it and how can i find the right path. hope that my issues is clear! Thanks in advance for any help! ---
**Author:** ![Tek\_Chand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tek_chand/32/34318_2.png) [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/2 "2019-01-18T11:42:04Z")
@mylyo, > [@mylyo](#): > > its error about config path : "No paths were defined for input accessing config". You need to define some log path where you are getting system log or application log to process in your `filebeat.yml` file. Please refer the below sample from filebeat.yml ```auto #=========================== Filebeat inputs ============================= filebeat.inputs: - type: log # Change to true to enable this input configuration. enabled: true # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths. # paths: - /var/log/syslog #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\* ``` Kindly let me know if you still get same error. ---
**Author:** ![mylyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@mylyo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mylyo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/3 "2019-01-18T13:17:13Z")
Thanks for your reply. i already defined the path to input Files. Actually i'm aiming to ingest a file and configure Filebeat to write an index, this is my config: ``` filebeat.inputs: - type: log # Change to true to enable this input configuration. enabled: true # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths. paths: -/my/path/to/myFile.xml output.elasticsearch: # Array of hosts to connect to. hosts: ["localhost:9200"] index: "my_index_name" setup.template.enabled: false ``` in filebeat/modules.d i enabled elasctic.yml, Kibana.yml and system.yml. I used archive distribution (.tar.gz) for installation. ---
**Author:** ![Tek\_Chand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tek_chand/32/34318_2.png) [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/4 "2019-01-21T04:22:56Z")
@mylyo, > [@mylyo](#): > > Actually i'm aiming to ingest a file and configure Filebeat to write an index Can you please provide log file path like syslog or auth.log? So we can know that all the configuration is fine. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mylyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@mylyo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mylyo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/5 "2019-01-21T09:36:06Z")
I can't find them 😫 There no indication in installation tutorial talking about log files. Could you tell where can i find and install it please? Thanks, ---
**Author:** ![Tek\_Chand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tek_chand/32/34318_2.png) [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/6 "2019-01-21T09:51:33Z")
@mylyo, > [@mylyo](#): > > I can't find them Can you please let me know the OS type of your machine where you installed filebeat? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mylyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@mylyo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mylyo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/7 "2019-01-21T10:03:22Z")
Actually 1st i tried on windows OS and now i'm using Mac OS. i had the same error for both systems. ---
**Author:** ![Tek\_Chand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tek_chand/32/34318_2.png) [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/8 "2019-01-21T10:16:08Z")
@mylyo, > [@mylyo](#): > > Actually 1st i tried on windows OS and now i'm using Mac OS. Can you please specify the below path on your mac system in `filebeat.yml` file. ```auto /var/log/system.log ``` Please restart the filebeat service after making the changes in filebeat.yml. Also please run the below command to confirm that the filebeat is installed properly: ```auto filebeat --version ``` Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mylyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@mylyo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mylyo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/9 "2019-01-21T10:38:37Z")
`filebeat --version` shows the version of my Filebeat and libbeat so every thing is fine with its installation. But i get the same error when i added `/var/log/system.log` in my filebeat.yml I think i should add Es\_path\_config in variable system (or user i'm not sure) but i dont know the path that i should put. Should i add the path to elasticsearch/config? even there no such syslog or whatever.log inside? ---
**Author:** ![Tek\_Chand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tek_chand/32/34318_2.png) [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 10:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/10 "2019-01-21T10:43:32Z")
@mylyo, > [@mylyo](#): > > But i get the same error when i added `/var/log/system.log` in my filebeat.yml Have you restarted the filebeat service after making the changes in `filebeat.yml`? Please share your `filebeat.yml` configuration again with current configuration. > [@mylyo](#): > > Should i add the path to elasticsearch/config? No need to make any changes at elasticsearch instance right now. Because this error is related to your filebeat configuration. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mylyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@mylyo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mylyo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/11 "2019-01-21T11:02:49Z")
yes i had restarted the filebeat. Here the last filebeat.yml config: ``` filebeat.inputs: - type: log enabled: true paths: - /var/log/system.log filebeat.config.modules: path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml reload.enabled: false setup.template.settings: index.number_of_shards: 3 #index.codec: best_compression #_source.enabled: false setup.kibana: host: "localhost:5601" output.elasticsearch: hosts: ["localhost:9200"] #index: "my_index_name" #setup.template.enabled: false ``` ---
**Author:** ![Tek\_Chand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tek_chand/32/34318_2.png) [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/12 "2019-01-21T11:34:38Z")
@mylyo, > [@mylyo](#): > > Here the last filebeat.yml config: According to above everything configuration everything seems fine. Can you please confirm that your system have `system.log` file. Because i never used mac so i want to cross check that file is available at mac which we have provided in path. thanks. ---
**Author:** ![mylyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@mylyo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mylyo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/13 "2019-01-21T12:04:23Z")
there is no such file called "system.log". I know that is the issue but i don't know how to get these files.log! and how to set the path to these files in elastic config 😥 ---
**Author:** ![Tek\_Chand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tek_chand/32/34318_2.png) [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/14 "2019-01-21T12:21:39Z")
@mylyo, > [@mylyo](#): > > there is no such file called "system.log" No issue, just replace this file path with another file path where you are getting log. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/config-path/164773/15 "2019-02-18T12:21:49Z")
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