# 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://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/58f4c7/32.png) [@\_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")

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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):
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> 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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