# File Beat: Silent Installation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-silent-installation/218943>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [February 12, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-silent-installation/218943 "2020-02-12T10:20:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![RajeshKumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@RajeshKumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RajeshKumar)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-silent-installation/218943/1 "2020-02-12T10:20:31Z")

</div>

Hi,

Is there a document for the procedure of silent installation/uninstallation of FileBeat?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![faec](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/faec/32/46988_2.png) [@faec](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/faec)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-silent-installation/218943/2 "2020-02-14T18:58:01Z")

</div>

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by "silent"? Filebeat is typically installed by simply extracting the distributed package, and uninstalled by deleting the directory again. Since beats are intended to be immediately usable as a standalone package with no dependencies, there is no formal installation process (other than editing the default configuration in `filebeat.yml` to match your system).

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/file-beat-silent-installation/218943/3 "2020-03-13T18:58:08Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 28 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.