# Exiting: No paths were defined for input accessing config **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [July 12, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/139687 "2018-07-12T07:18:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vkoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8dc957/32.png) [@vkoul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vkoul)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/139687/1 "2018-07-12T07:18:03Z")
Hello, Here is the problem. When I run filebeat command on command prompt, it starts writing to the logs instantly. However, if I execute "filebeat modules enable system" command and then run "filebeat" command, it gives me an error "Exiting: No paths were defined for input accessing config" and it stops writing to the log file in the logs directory. I have set the configuration withing filebeat.yml file as follows: ```auto #=========================== Filebeat inputs ============================= filebeat.inputs: # Each - is an input. Most options can be set at the input level, so # you can use different inputs for various configurations. # Below are the input specific configurations. - type: log # Change to true to enable this input configuration. enabled: true # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths. paths: #- /var/log/*.log - D:\filebeat\logs\* #============================= Filebeat modules =============================== filebeat.config.modules: # Glob pattern for configuration loading path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml # Set to true to enable config reloading reload.enabled: false #==================== Elasticsearch template setting ========================== setup.template.settings: index.number_of_shards: 3 #-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------ output.elasticsearch: # Array of hosts to connect to. hosts: ["localhost:9200"] ``` Because of this issue, I see no logs when I login using Kibana URL. PS - I execute the steps for filebeat as per the instructions mentioned at [https://www.elastic.co/solutions/logging](https://www.elastic.co/solutions/logging) ---
**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:** [July 12, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/139687/2 "2018-07-12T14:44:07Z")
It sounds like something is wrong with the paths? How did you exactly install Filebeat? What OS are you on? ---
**Author:** ![vkoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8dc957/32.png) [@vkoul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vkoul)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/139687/3 "2018-07-13T07:59:43Z")
I just extracted the zip file contents into a folder and tried the filebeat commands via command prompt. I am on Windows 7. I am using filebeat 6.3.1. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/139687/4 "2018-07-16T07:46:46Z")
Did you run the command from inside the Filebeat directory or outside? Can you share the exact command you did run? ---
**Author:** ![vkoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8dc957/32.png) [@vkoul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vkoul)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/139687/5 "2018-07-16T08:04:03Z")
I ran it from within the filebeat directory. The command is filebeat modules enable system. After I run this command if I try running "filebeat" command, I get the error. If I disable the system module using "filebeat modules disable system" and then run "filebeat" command, the logs are written within the logs directory. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/139687/6 "2018-07-17T07:11:25Z")
I reformatted you config above as I was hoping it would show the problem. It indicated that you haven't configured any paths but they all seem to be there. I assume the config file you posted above is in your filebeat directory? Could you run the beat with `-e -d "*"` and share the output here? ---
**Author:** ![vkoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8dc957/32.png) [@vkoul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vkoul)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/139687/7 "2018-07-17T08:04:46Z")
The output is D:\fb\>filebeat -e -d "_" 2018-07-17T13:30:55.291+0530 INFO instance/beat.go:492 Home path: [D:\f b] Config path: [D:\fb] Data path: [D:\fb\data] Logs path: [D:\fb\logs] 2018-07-17T13:30:55.292+0530 DEBUG [beat] instance/beat.go:519 Beat met adata path: D:\fb\data\meta.json 2018-07-17T13:30:55.293+0530 INFO instance/beat.go:499 Beat UUID: 963cb 2f5-f182-40bf-9e99-8e1026094e69 2018-07-17T13:30:55.293+0530 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:716 Beat inf o {"system\_info": {"beat": {"path": {"config": "D:\fb", "data": "D:\fb\ data", "home": "D:\fb", "logs": "D:\fb\logs"}, "type": "filebeat", "uuid": "9 63cb2f5-f182-40bf-9e99-8e1026094e69"}}} 2018-07-17T13:30:55.294+0530 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:725 Build in fo {"system\_info": {"build": {"commit": "ed42bb85e72ae58cc09748dc1825159713 e0ffd4", "libbeat": "6.3.1", "time": "2018-06-29T21:09:04.000Z", "version": "6.3 .1"}}} 2018-07-17T13:30:55.294+0530 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:728 Go runti me info {"system\_info": {"go": {"os":"windows","arch":"amd64","max\_procs":4,"ver sion":"go1.9.4"}}} 2018-07-17T13:30:55.303+0530 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:732 Host inf o {"system\_info": {"host": {"architecture":"x86\_64","boot\_time":"2018-07-1 7T11:19:01.69+05:30","hostname":"FSGLPTIN-372","ips":["169.254.171.124/16","169. 254.232.205/16","172.20.40.242/22","169.254.251.191/16","::1/128","127.0.0.1/8"] ,"kernel\_version":"6.1.7601.24168 (win7sp1\_ldr.180608-0600)","mac\_addresses":["4 2:a3:cc:07:4d:2f","42:a3:cc:07:4d:2e","40:a3:cc:07:4d:2e","8c:16:45:18:8c:70"]," os":{"family":"windows","platform":"windows","name":"Windows 7 Professional","ve rsion":"6.1","major":1,"minor":0,"patch":0,"build":"7601.24180"},"timezone":"IST ","timezone\_offset\_sec":19800,"id":"87ae77ee-f928-46da-82ac-625d8d51ed3a"}}} 2018-07-17T13:30:55.304+0530 INFO instance/beat.go:225 Setup Beat: file beat; Version: 6.3.1 2018-07-17T13:30:55.304+0530 DEBUG [beat] instance/beat.go:242 Initiali zing output plugins 2018-07-17T13:30:55.305+0530 DEBUG [processors] processors/processor.go: 49 Processors: 2018-07-17T13:30:55.305+0530 INFO elasticsearch/client.go:145 Elastics earch url: [http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200) 2018-07-17T13:30:55.307+0530 DEBUG [publish] pipeline/consumer.go:120 start pipeline event consumer 2018-07-17T13:30:55.308+0530 INFO pipeline/module.go:81 Beat name: FSGLP TIN-372 2018-07-17T13:30:55.309+0530 INFO instance/beat.go:315 filebeat start r unning. 2018-07-17T13:30:55.309+0530 INFO [monitoring] log/log.go:97 Starting metrics logging every 30s 2018-07-17T13:30:55.309+0530 DEBUG [service] service/service\_windows. go:51 Windows is interactive: true 2018-07-17T13:30:55.309+0530 DEBUG [registrar] registrar/registrar.go:9 6 Registry file set to: D:\fb\data\registry 2018-07-17T13:30:55.311+0530 INFO registrar/registrar.go:116 Loading registrar data from D:\fb\data\registry 2018-07-17T13:30:55.311+0530 INFO registrar/registrar.go:127 States L oaded from registrar: 0 2018-07-17T13:30:55.312+0530 INFO crawler/crawler.go:48 Loading Inputs: 1 2018-07-17T13:30:55.312+0530 DEBUG [processors] processors/processor.go: 49 Processors: 2018-07-17T13:30:55.312+0530 DEBUG [registrar] registrar/registrar.go:1 58 Starting Registrar 2018-07-17T13:30:55.313+0530 DEBUG [input] log/config.go:178 recursiv e glob enabled 2018-07-17T13:30:55.314+0530 DEBUG [input] log/input.go:122 exclude\_ files: []. Number of stats: 0 2018-07-17T13:30:55.314+0530 DEBUG [input] log/input.go:143 input wi th previous states loaded: 0 2018-07-17T13:30:55.314+0530 INFO log/input.go:113 Configured paths : [D:\fb\logs\*.log] 2018-07-17T13:30:55.315+0530 INFO input/input.go:88 Starting input o f type: log; ID: 15224572257225558479 2018-07-17T13:30:55.315+0530 DEBUG [input] log/input.go:149 Start ne xt scan 2018-07-17T13:30:55.315+0530 DEBUG [cfgfile] cfgfile/reload.go:90 Checking module configs from: D:\fb/modules.d/_.yml 2018-07-17T13:30:55.316+0530 DEBUG [input] log/input.go:170 input st ates cleaned up. Before: 0, After: 0, Pending: 0 2018-07-17T13:30:55.316+0530 DEBUG [cfgfile] cfgfile/cfgfile.go:143 Load config from file: D:\fb\modules.d\system.yml 2018-07-17T13:30:55.318+0530 DEBUG [cfgfile] cfgfile/reload.go:104 Number of module configs found: 1 2018-07-17T13:30:55.321+0530 DEBUG [processors] processors/processor.go: 49 Processors: 2018-07-17T13:30:55.322+0530 ERROR fileset/factory.go:72 Error creating i nput: No paths were defined for input accessing config 2018-07-17T13:30:55.322+0530 INFO crawler/crawler.go:109 Stopping Crawler 2018-07-17T13:30:55.323+0530 INFO crawler/crawler.go:119 Stopping 1 input s 2018-07-17T13:30:55.323+0530 INFO input/input.go:122 input ticker sto pped 2018-07-17T13:30:55.323+0530 INFO input/input.go:139 Stopping Input: 15224572257225558479 2018-07-17T13:30:55.324+0530 DEBUG [publish] pipeline/client.go:131 client: closing acker 2018-07-17T13:30:55.324+0530 DEBUG [publish] pipeline/client.go:133 client: done closing acker 2018-07-17T13:30:55.325+0530 DEBUG [publish] pipeline/client.go:137 client: cancelled 0 events 2018-07-17T13:30:55.325+0530 INFO crawler/crawler.go:135 Crawler stopped 2018-07-17T13:30:55.326+0530 INFO registrar/registrar.go:247 Stopping Registrar 2018-07-17T13:30:55.326+0530 DEBUG [publish] pipeline/client.go:131 client: closing acker 2018-07-17T13:30:55.327+0530 DEBUG [publish] pipeline/client.go:133 client: done closing acker 2018-07-17T13:30:55.326+0530 INFO registrar/registrar.go:173 Ending R egistrar 2018-07-17T13:30:55.327+0530 DEBUG [publish] pipeline/client.go:137 client: cancelled 0 events 2018-07-17T13:30:55.328+0530 DEBUG [registrar] registrar/registrar.go:2 91 Write registry file: D:\fb\data\registry 2018-07-17T13:30:55.332+0530 DEBUG [registrar] registrar/registrar.go:2 84 Registry file updated. 0 states written. ---
**Author:** ![vkoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8dc957/32.png) [@vkoul](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vkoul)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/139687/8 "2018-07-17T08:05:11Z")
2018-07-17T13:30:55.390+0530 INFO [monitoring] log/log.go:132 Total no n-zero metrics {"monitoring": {"metrics": {"beat":{"cpu":{"system":{"ticks":62, "time":{"ms":62}},"total":{"ticks":108,"time":{"ms":108},"value":108},"user":{"t icks":46,"time":{"ms":46}}},"info":{"ephemeral\_id":"efef3bce-25ab-41f7-a898-e90b 65f0d29d","uptime":{"ms":96}},"memstats":{"gc\_next":4194304,"memory\_alloc":16754 40,"memory\_total":3414520,"rss":17305600}},"filebeat":{"harvester":{"open\_files" :0,"running":0}},"libbeat":{"config":{"module":{"running":0}},"output":{"type":" elasticsearch"},"pipeline":{"clients":0,"events":{"active":0}}},"registrar":{"st ates":{"current":0},"writes":{"success":1,"total":1}},"system":{"cpu":{"cores":4 }}}}} 2018-07-17T13:30:55.391+0530 INFO [monitoring] log/log.go:133 Uptime: 155ms 2018-07-17T13:30:55.391+0530 INFO [monitoring] log/log.go:110 Stopping metrics logging. 2018-07-17T13:30:55.392+0530 INFO instance/beat.go:321 filebeat stopped . 2018-07-17T13:30:55.393+0530 ERROR instance/beat.go:691 Exiting: No path s were defined for input accessing config Exiting: No paths were defined for input accessing config D:\fb\> ---
**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:** [July 18, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/139687/9 "2018-07-18T08:10:01Z")
Could you try to use `- 'D:\filebeat\logs\*'` as you path config? It seems for some reason Filebeat ignores the part under paths. Could you also remove the commented out line just to be sure id does not have any affect? What do you get if you run `ls D:\filebeat\logs\`? I see you also have the module loading enabled. Do you need it? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exiting-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/139687/10 "2018-08-15T08:10:04Z")
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