# Filebeat 6.2.2 Cannot find nginx module

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-cannot-find-nginx-module/122053>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 1, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-cannot-find-nginx-module/122053 "2018-03-01T12:29:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![samiujan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/samiujan/32/23605_2.png) [@samiujan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samiujan)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-cannot-find-nginx-module/122053/1 "2018-03-01T12:29:10Z")

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Hi

I cannot load the nginx module in using /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat

/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat version  
filebeat version 6.2.2 (amd64), libbeat 6.2.2

/etc/filebeat# /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat modules enable nginx  
Module nginx doesn't exists!

But this works:

/usr/bin/filebeat modules enable nginx  
Enabled nginx

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**Author:** ![Wanderer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wanderer/32/55140_2.png) [@Wanderer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wanderer)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-cannot-find-nginx-module/122053/2 "2018-03-01T12:58:03Z")

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I've noticed the same problem on a fresh install when trying to enable the system module.

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**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:** [March 4, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-cannot-find-nginx-module/122053/3 "2018-03-04T05:37:42Z")

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I assume the problem is related to the paths which are set. How did you install filebeat?

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**Author:** ![samiujan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/samiujan/32/23605_2.png) [@samiujan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/samiujan)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 7:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-cannot-find-nginx-module/122053/4 "2018-03-04T07:55:37Z")

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I used the repository guide, and used apt-get

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**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:** [March 12, 2018, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-cannot-find-nginx-module/122053/5 "2018-03-12T06:39:01Z")

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If you have a look at `/usr/bin/filebeat` you will see it sets all the correct paths:

```auto
#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Script to run filebeat in foreground with the same path settings that
# the init script / systemd unit file would do.

exec /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat \
  -path.home /usr/share/filebeat \
  -path.config /etc/filebeat \
  -path.data /var/lib/filebeat \
  -path.logs /var/log/filebeat \
  "$@"

```

So in case you want to call the binary directly, you also have to set paths manually as otherwise it falls back to the default paths which are relative to your current directory.

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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:** [April 9, 2018, 6:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-2-2-cannot-find-nginx-module/122053/6 "2018-04-09T06:39:21Z")

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