# Failed to connect with Elastic n Kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [November 16, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-with-elastic-n-kibana/208189 "2019-11-16T23:49:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rmahi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@rmahi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rmahi)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 11:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-with-elastic-n-kibana/208189/1 "2019-11-16T23:49:39Z")
H there i got this error problem, pls help me. t@icldbyLZ0NLxgKI opt]# systemctl status filebeat -l ● filebeat.service - Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch. Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/filebeat.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Sat 2019-11-16 22:14:32 UTC; 2min 5s ago Docs: [https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats/filebeat) Process: 102130 ExecStart=/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat $BEAT\_LOG\_OPTS $BEAT\_CONFIG\_OPTS $BEAT\_PATH\_OPTS (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 102130 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) .com systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state. .com systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed. .com systemd[1]: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart. .com systemd[1]: Stopped Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch.. .com systemd[1]: start request repeated too quickly for filebeat.service .com systemd[1]: Failed to start Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch.. .com systemd[1]: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state. .com systemd[1]: filebeat.service failed. ---
**Author:** ![MarianaD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marianad/32/42687_2.png) [@MarianaD](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MarianaD)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-with-elastic-n-kibana/208189/2 "2019-11-18T11:15:12Z")
hi @rmahi , Can you check for logs under `/var/log/filebeat` ? Let us know if you notice any error messages there. Can you provide us with the content of the filebeat.yml file as well in order to validate the configuration is correct. (please remove any sensitive information before that) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-connect-with-elastic-n-kibana/208189/3 "2019-12-16T11:15:20Z")
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