# Failed to start Filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-filebeat/339743>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [August 1, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-filebeat/339743 "2023-08-01T05:03:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rkannan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@rkannan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkannan)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-filebeat/339743/1 "2023-08-01T05:03:35Z")

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Failed to start Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch , please find the attached screen shot,

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/b/9b95e1295cbe35c1b0373022c991544651bc11d7.png)

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-filebeat/339743/2 "2023-08-01T08:36:49Z")

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Hey @rkannan,

> [@rkannan](#):
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> Filebeat sends log files to Logstash or directly to Elasticsearch

This is the description of the service in systemd. Systemd is only complaining about it not being able to start.

Could you try to get some logs from Filebeat, or give more information about the deployment or configuration you have?

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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 29, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-filebeat/339743/3 "2023-08-29T10:37:47Z")

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