# Could not get host ID

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-get-host-id/232401>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** auditbeat\
**Created:** [May 13, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-get-host-id/232401 "2020-05-13T09:28:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![mr-who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@mr-who](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mr-who)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-get-host-id/232401/1 "2020-05-13T09:28:48Z")

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On some systems with CentOS 6.10 i got warning message  
` WARN [system] system/system.go:64 Could not get host ID, will not fill entity_id fields. Error: <nil>`

Have no idea why it tells so.

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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:** [June 3, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-get-host-id/232401/2 "2020-06-03T09:28:48Z")

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