# Documentation issue? Default path to Filebeat configuration (/filebeat.yml)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-issue-default-path-to-filebeat-configuration-filebeat-yml/61831>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 29, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-issue-default-path-to-filebeat-configuration-filebeat-yml/61831 "2016-09-29T16:09:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![strarsis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@strarsis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/strarsis)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-issue-default-path-to-filebeat-configuration-filebeat-yml/61831/1 "2016-09-29T16:09:34Z")

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(Filebeat version 1.3.1)

In Filebeat command line help (filebeat --help),  
the default configuration file path is indicated as "/filebeat.yml".

However, practically testing this shows that it actually looks for the configuration file in "./filebeat.yml" (relative to cwd ("./[...]") where the command is invoked).

Is this a valid issue?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-issue-default-path-to-filebeat-configuration-filebeat-yml/61831/2 "2016-09-30T05:03:13Z")

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Looks like it! Can you raise it here - [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues)?

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-issue-default-path-to-filebeat-configuration-filebeat-yml/61831/3 "2016-10-03T08:32:05Z")

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Follow up issue can be found here: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/2654](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/2654)

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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:** [October 20, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/documentation-issue-default-path-to-filebeat-configuration-filebeat-yml/61831/4 "2016-10-20T16:10:02Z")

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