# Error Start Service Packetbeat

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-start-service-packetbeat/118051
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** packetbeat
**Created:** [February 1, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-start-service-packetbeat/118051 "2018-02-01T15:22:59Z")
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### Author: ![nicolas1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@nicolas1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nicolas1)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-start-service-packetbeat/118051/1 "2018-02-01T15:22:59Z")

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Hello, i have a problem for start packetbeat Service

I have execute this command D:\LogHost\packetbeat-6.1.3-windows-x86\_64\packetbeat.exe -c D:\LogHost\packetbeat-6.1.3-windows-x86\_64\packetbeat.yml -e -v -d "\*"

And i have an error

2018/02/01 15:20:38.893247 beat.go:463: DBG [beat] Beat metadata path: D:\LogHost\packetbeat-6.1.3-windows-x86\_64\data\meta.json  
2018/02/01 15:20:38.894248 beat.go:443: INFO Beat UUID: a1e8667d-1b7f-46d0-b8bb-74fe41b8647c  
2018/02/01 15:20:38.895248 beat.go:203: INFO Setup Beat: packetbeat; Version: 6.1.3  
2018/02/01 15:20:38.895248 beat.go:215: DBG [beat] Initializing output plugins  
2018/02/01 15:20:38.895248 processor.go:49: DBG [processors] Processors:  
2018/02/01 15:20:38.896248 metrics.go:23: INFO Metrics logging every 30s  
2018/02/01 15:20:38.896248 logger.go:18: DBG [publish] start pipeline event consumer  
2018/02/01 15:20:38.897247 module.go:76: INFO Beat name: SERVEUR  
2018/02/01 15:20:39.004261 procs.go:78: INFO Process matching disabled  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 packetbeat.go:110: DBG [main] Initializing protocol plugins  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: amqp  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: cassandra  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: dns  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: http  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: mysql  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: pgsql  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: thrift  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: memcache  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: mongodb  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: nfs  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: redis  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 protos.go:105: DBG [protos] registered protocol plugin: tls  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 sniffer.go:74: DBG [sniffer] BPF filter: ''  
2018/02/01 15:20:40.091780 beat.go:635: CRIT Exiting: any interface is not supported on windows  
Exiting: any interface is not supported on windows

Thanks for your help

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### Author: ![adrisr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adrisr/32/25423_2.png) [@adrisr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adrisr)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-start-service-packetbeat/118051/2 "2018-02-02T14:45:40Z")

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Yes, this is normal. You need to set the capture interface in the `packetbeat.yml` configuration file.

Quoting the [Packetbeat documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/current/packetbeat-configuration.html):

On Windows, run the following command to list the available network interfaces:

```auto
PS C:\Program Files\Packetbeat> .\packetbeat.exe -devices

0: \Device\NPF_{113535AD-934A-452E-8D5F-3004797DE286} (Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter)

```

In this example, there’s only one network card, with the index 0, installed on the system. If there are multiple network cards, remember the index of the device you want to use for capturing the traffic.

Modify the device line to point to the index of the device:

```auto
packetbeat.interfaces.device: 0

```

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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: [March 2, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-start-service-packetbeat/118051/3 "2018-03-02T14:46:28Z")

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