# Create new custom Beats, generate.py doesn't generate files/dir
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-new-custom-beats-generate-py-doesnt-generate-files-dir/187011
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** beats-development
**Created:** [June 23, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-new-custom-beats-generate-py-doesnt-generate-files-dir/187011 "2019-06-23T15:57:20Z")
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### Author:  [@\_Barak\_Harari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/_Barak_Harari)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-new-custom-beats-generate-py-doesnt-generate-files-dir/187011/1 "2019-06-23T15:57:21Z")
Hi
i'm using this guide:
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/current/newbeat-generate.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/current/newbeat-generate.html)
after this step
python $GOPATH/src/github.com/elastic/beats/script/generate.py
Beat Name [Examplebeat]: Countbeat
Your Github Name [your-github-name]: {username}
Beat Path [[github.com/](http://github.com/){github id}/{beat name}]:
Firstname Lastname: {Full Name}
script exited without any indication what happened.
i'm working on Ubuntu 18
python version 2.7.15
Golang 1.12
mod enable.
Also tried this old guide
> **[Build your own Beat](https://www.elastic.co/blog/build-your-own-beat)**
>
> Learn how to create a Beat from scratch using Lsbeat as an example.
any suggestion what could get wrong?
Thank.
Barak
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### Author:  [@\_Barak\_Harari](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/_Barak_Harari)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-new-custom-beats-generate-py-doesnt-generate-files-dir/187011/2 "2019-06-23T16:02:18Z")
also with cookiecutter got this issue on brace 7.1 and 7.2
> [@Not able to create a new Beat](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-create-a-new-beat/73099):
>
> Hello Everyone, I am trying to a custom beat. I have done the installation of Go and cookiecutter. Now when I am trying to execute the below command, it gives following error. "A valid repository for "D:\ELSTACK\CreateBeats\beats\_master\src\[github.com](http://github.com)\elast ic\beats\generate\beat" could not be found in the following locations: D:\ELSTACK\CreateBeats\beats\_master\src\[github.com](http://github.com)\elastic\beats\generate\beat D:\ELSTACK\CreateBeats\beats\_master\src\[github.com](http://github.com)\elastic\beats\generate\beat" cookie…
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-new-custom-beats-generate-py-doesnt-generate-files-dir/187011/3 "2019-07-21T16:02:22Z")
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