# Error: Failed to start Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-start-filebeat-sends-log-files-to-logstash-or-directly-to-elasticsearch/259409
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [December 22, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-start-filebeat-sends-log-files-to-logstash-or-directly-to-elasticsearch/259409 "2020-12-22T16:35:22Z")
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### Author:  [@Jonathan\_Davis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonathan_Davis)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-start-filebeat-sends-log-files-to-logstash-or-directly-to-elasticsearch/259409/1 "2020-12-22T16:35:22Z")
Good time of the day! I have got a problem with a launch of Filebeat. It doen't want to start. Here is a text of error:
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filebeat.service - Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch.
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/filebeat.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2020-12-22 19:12:54 MSK; 11min ago
Docs: [https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat)
Process: 2623 ExecStart=/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat --environment systemd $BEAT\_LOG\_OPTS $BEAT\_CONFIG\_OPTS $BEAT\_PATH\_OPTS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 2623 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
дек 22 19:12:54 vmzeek-VirtualBox systemd[1]: filebeat.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
дек 22 19:12:54 vmzeek-VirtualBox systemd[1]: filebeat.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
дек 22 19:12:54 vmzeek-VirtualBox systemd[1]: filebeat.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 5.
дек 22 19:12:54 vmzeek-VirtualBox systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
дек 22 19:12:54 vmzeek-VirtualBox systemd[1]: filebeat.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
дек 22 19:12:54 vmzeek-VirtualBox systemd[1]: filebeat.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
дек 22 19:12:54 vmzeek-VirtualBox systemd[1]: Failed to start Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch..
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I have written in the output field of filebeat.yml this information:
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output.logstash:
# The Logstash hosts
```
hosts: ["192.168.56.103:5044"]
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This VM is pinging successfully the other VM. And I used Ubuntu on both VM's.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-failed-to-start-filebeat-sends-log-files-to-logstash-or-directly-to-elasticsearch/259409/2 "2021-01-19T18:35:46Z")
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