# Filebeat 6.x could not support running under OS alpine

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-x-could-not-support-running-under-os-alpine/116195>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 19, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-x-could-not-support-running-under-os-alpine/116195 "2018-01-19T09:18:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 12:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-6-x-could-not-support-running-under-os-alpine/116195/8 "2018-01-23T12:56:49Z")

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Hmm.... what do you get if you run `which filebeat` and `file $(which filebeat)`. Why did you run `/bin/sh filebeat`?

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