# Exiting: 1 error: failed to create audit client: failed to get audit status: operation not permitted

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-1-error-failed-to-create-audit-client-failed-to-get-audit-status-operation-not-permitted/309579>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker, auditbeat\
**Created:** [July 13, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-1-error-failed-to-create-audit-client-failed-to-get-audit-status-operation-not-permitted/309579 "2022-07-13T21:04:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![alexus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexus/32/12696_2.png) [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-1-error-failed-to-create-audit-client-failed-to-get-audit-status-operation-not-permitted/309579/1 "2022-07-13T21:04:25Z")

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Hello World!

I'm trying to [Run Auditbeat on Docker | Auditbeat Reference [7.17] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/7.17/running-on-docker.html), yet running into following issue:

```auto
# docker compose logs --tail 1
auditbeat | Exiting: 1 error: failed to create audit client: failed to get audit status: operation not permitted
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```

the capabilities:

```auto
# docker inspect --format='{{.HostConfig.CapAdd}}' auditbeat
[AUDIT_CONTROL AUDIT_READ]
# docker inspect --format='{{.HostConfig.CapDrop}}' auditbeat
[]
# 

```

Please advise.  
Thank you in advance!

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-1-error-failed-to-create-audit-client-failed-to-get-audit-status-operation-not-permitted/309579/2 "2022-07-14T20:26:04Z")

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In the [Special Requirements](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/7.17/running-on-docker.html#_special_requirements) section it mentions needing the host pid namespace. Are you using that?

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**Author:** ![alexus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alexus/32/12696_2.png) [@alexus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/alexus)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-1-error-failed-to-create-audit-client-failed-to-get-audit-status-operation-not-permitted/309579/3 "2022-07-15T03:07:56Z")

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@andrewkroh thank you, that was it! i missed that part somehow... sowwy ;p

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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:** [August 12, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-1-error-failed-to-create-audit-client-failed-to-get-audit-status-operation-not-permitted/309579/4 "2022-08-12T05:08:09Z")

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