# Do I need filebeat module for filebeat to work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [August 20, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-filebeat-module-for-filebeat-to-work/145208 "2018-08-20T16:30:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ELK\_believer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4bbf92/32.png) [@ELK\_believer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ELK_believer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-filebeat-module-for-filebeat-to-work/145208/1 "2018-08-20T16:30:13Z")
I'm new to ELK and at the point of setting up filebeat. I have input and output configured on a server to send logs to LS. Do I have to enable ANY filebeat modules or can I comment that section out in the .yml file? ---
**Author:** ![Shaoranlaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Shaoranlaos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shaoranlaos)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-filebeat-module-for-filebeat-to-work/145208/2 "2018-08-21T04:52:35Z")
you can comment that section out (and could delete the modules folder also if you are so inclined) filebeat will start as long as there are prospectors configured ---
**Author:** ![ELK\_believer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4bbf92/32.png) [@ELK\_believer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ELK_believer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-filebeat-module-for-filebeat-to-work/145208/3 "2018-08-21T04:53:20Z")
Thanks ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-filebeat-module-for-filebeat-to-work/145208/4 "2018-09-18T04:53:22Z")
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