# Configuration problem

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-problem/139112>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 9, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-problem/139112 "2018-07-09T08:43:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![waitangi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/waitangi/32/110887_2.png) [@waitangi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/waitangi)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-problem/139112/1 "2018-07-09T08:43:11Z")

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Hello

I have a problem with filebeat configuration. When paths configuration looks like this all works fine (index created document indexed):  
paths:  
- C:\Users\pawnow\logstash\iis-log.log

However I need to parse iis log files. I enabled iis module ("filebeat modules list" says "Enabled iis"). When I have iis module enabled filebeat ignores paths in filebeat.yml and uses these in "modules.d\iis.yml" (please correct me if I'm wrong).  
Content of iis.yml is:

- module: iis  
access:  
enabled: true  
#var.paths: ["C:/inetpub/logs/LogFiles/_/_.log"]  
error:  
enabled: true

The result is no index and no documents. I use the same single file in both cases. After that registry files contains entry for iis-log.log What am I doing wrong?

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**Author:** ![exekias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/exekias/32/28718_2.png) [@exekias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/exekias)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-problem/139112/2 "2018-07-10T12:16:01Z")

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Hi @waitangi,

If you want to use the module for our logs, you can edit `modules.d\iss.yml` and update `var.paths` to your custom paths. There is no need to make changes in the `filebeat.yml` file.

Best regards

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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:** [August 7, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuration-problem/139112/3 "2018-08-07T12:16:13Z")

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