# Filebeat autodiscover kubernetes appenders error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-autodiscover-kubernetes-appenders-error/266108>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-autodiscover-kubernetes-appenders-error/266108 "2021-03-03T12:50:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![QCU266](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/qcu266/32/84886_2.png) [@QCU266](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/QCU266)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-autodiscover-kubernetes-appenders-error/266108/1 "2021-03-03T12:50:16Z")

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I want to use appenders like [@icoolchn](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-autodiscoverkubernetes/161967) , so I test @icoolchn 's configuration, but the filebeat reports the following error(filebeat version 7.9.3):

```auto
2021-03-02T12:28:24.673Z	INFO	instance/beat.go:456	filebeat stopped.
2021-03-02T12:28:24.673Z	ERROR	instance/beat.go:951	Exiting: error in autodiscover provider settings: error setting up kubernetes autodiscover provider: unable to unpack config due to error: missing field accessing 'filebeat.autodiscover.providers.0.appenders.0.config.fields' (source:'filebeat.yml')
Exiting: error in autodiscover provider settings: error setting up kubernetes autodiscover provider: unable to unpack config due to error: missing field accessing 'filebeat.autodiscover.providers.0.appenders.0.config.fields' (source:'filebeat.yml')

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_Originally posted in [Filebeat autodiscoverkubernetes appender error bug · Issue #9817 · elastic/beats · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/9817#issuecomment-788877554)_

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**Author:** ![mtojek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mtojek/32/63863_2.png) [@mtojek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mtojek)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-autodiscover-kubernetes-appenders-error/266108/2 "2021-03-04T09:37:19Z")

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Could you post your configuration?

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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 1, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-autodiscover-kubernetes-appenders-error/266108/3 "2021-04-01T11:37:21Z")

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