# Error: Exiting: No paths were defined for input accessing config **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [November 13, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/289128 "2021-11-13T21:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rakesh\_Kapoor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rakesh_kapoor/32/97091_2.png) [@Rakesh\_Kapoor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rakesh_Kapoor)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/289128/1 "2021-11-13T21:48:44Z")
I setup Elasticsearch and kibana on a secondary laptop and they are accessible from my primary laptop. i am setting up filebeat in my primary laptop. filebeat test config -e returns config ok filebeat run fails with error "Error: Exiting: No paths were defined for input accessing config" 2021-11-13T13:13:24.884-0500 INFO instance/beat.go:607 Home path: [C:\Program Files\filebeat] Config path: [C:\Program Files\filebeat] Data path: [C:\Program Files\filebeat\data] Logs path: [C:\Program Files\filebeat\logs] 2021-11-13T13:13:24.886-0500 INFO instance/beat.go:615 Beat ID: 6a7dff89-16cf-479b-a2cd-64fc825c3128 2021-11-13T13:13:25.258-0500 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:903 Beat info {"system\_info": {"beat": {"path": {"config": "C:\Program Files\filebeat", "data": "C:\Program Files\filebeat\data", "home": "C:\Program Files\filebeat", "logs": "C:\Program Files\filebeat\logs"}, "type": "filebeat", "uuid": "6a7dff89-16cf-479b-a2cd-64fc825c3128"}}} 2021-11-13T13:13:25.259-0500 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:912 Build info {"system\_info": {"build": {"commit": "5b046c5a97fe1e312f22d40a1f05365621aad621", "libbeat": "7.3.2", "time": "2019-09-06T13:49:30.000Z", "version": "7.3.2"}}} 2021-11-13T13:13:25.267-0500 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:915 Go runtime info {"system\_info": {"go": {"os":"windows","arch":"amd64","max\_procs":8,"version":"go1.12.4"}}} 2021-11-13T13:13:25.614-0500 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:919 Host info {"system\_info": {"host": {"architecture":"x86\_64","boot\_time":"2021-11-09T18:25:55.5-05:00","name":"DESKTOP-TCR4P9S","ip":["fe80::f0a7:38db:b61b:259a/64","[192.168.68.107/24","fe80::703a:6891:bb71:71ce/64","169.254.113.206/16","fe80::4891:170b:3547:36eb/64","169.254.54.235/16","fe80::c1f3:eca1:b328:9545/64","169.254.149.69/16","fe80::4cd7:dc81:a93a:40b6/64","169.254.64.182/16","fe80::f874:4e42:1695:1d45/64","169.254.29.69/16","fe80::b51f:a0e7:93e9:dace/64","169.254.218.206/16","::1/128","127.0.0.1/8","fe80::9477:1947:a766:d75f/64","172.25.128.1/20","fe80::b189:a5b4:e8b9:f135/64","172.19.80.1/20"],"kernel\_version":"10.0.19041.1288](https://192.168.68.107/24%22,%22fe80::703a:6891:bb71:71ce/64%22,%22169.254.113.206/16%22,%22fe80::4891:170b:3547:36eb/64%22,%22169.254.54.235/16%22,%22fe80::c1f3:eca1:b328:9545/64%22,%22169.254.149.69/16%22,%22fe80::4cd7:dc81:a93a:40b6/64%22,%22169.254.64.182/16%22,%22fe80::f874:4e42:1695:1d45/64%22,%22169.254.29.69/16%22,%22fe80::b51f:a0e7:93e9:dace/64%22,%22169.254.218.206/16%22,%22::1/128%22,%22127.0.0.1/8%22,%22fe80::9477:1947:a766:d75f/64%22,%22172.25.128.1/20%22,%22fe80::b189:a5b4:e8b9:f135/64%22,%22172.19.80.1/20%22%5D,%22kernel_version%22:%2210.0.19041.1288) (WinBuild.160101.0800)","mac":["ec:f4:bb:01:64:43","02:00:4c:4f:4f:50","9c:eb:e8:76:3b:6e","5e:93:a2:95:86:dd","5e:93:a2:95:8e:dd","5c:93:a2:95:86:dd","5c:93:a2:95:86:de","00:15:5d:b8:76:70","00:15:5d:37:60:7b"],"os":{"family":"windows","platform":"windows","name":"Windows 10 Pro","version":"10.0","major":10,"minor":0,"patch":0,"build":"19042.1288"},"timezone":"EST","timezone\_offset\_sec":-18000,"id":"50b23aa1-2c67-47b6-959b-86705daf8caf"}}} 2021-11-13T13:13:25.626-0500 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:948 Process info {"system\_info": {"process": {"cwd": "C:\Program Files\filebeat", "exe": "C:\Program Files\filebeat\filebeat.exe", "name": "filebeat.exe", "pid": 14988, "ppid": 22484, "start\_time": "2021-11-13T13:13:24.673-0500"}}} 2021-11-13T13:13:25.627-0500 INFO instance/beat.go:292 Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 7.3.2 2021-11-13T13:13:25.627-0500 INFO [index-management] idxmgmt/std.go:178 Set output.Elasticsearch.index to 'filebeat-7.3.2' as ILM is enabled. 2021-11-13T13:13:25.627-0500 INFO Elasticsearch/client.go:170 Elasticsearch url: [http://desktop-gheu34p:9200](http://desktop-gheu34p:9200/) 2021-11-13T13:13:25.636-0500 INFO [publisher] pipeline/module.go:97 Beat name: DESKTOP-TCR4P9S Config OK C:\Program Files\filebeat\>filebeat run Exiting: No paths were defined for input accessing config ---
**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:** [November 14, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/289128/2 "2021-11-14T21:11:18Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃 > [@Rakesh\_Kapoor](#): > > "version": "7.3.2" 7.3 is [EOL](https://www.elastic.co/support/eol) and no longer supported, please upgrade. 7.15 is latest. > [@Rakesh\_Kapoor](#): > > filebeat run fails with error "Error: Exiting: No paths were defined for input accessing config" What does your `filebeat.yml` look like? Also please format your code/logs/config using the `` button, or markdown style back ticks. It helps to make things easy to read which helps us help you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/289128/3 "2021-12-12T23:11:54Z")
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