# Filebeat configuration issue

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-configuration-issue/146863
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [August 31, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-configuration-issue/146863 "2018-08-31T12:19:00Z")
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### Author: ![Tek\_Chand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tek_chand/32/34318_2.png) [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-configuration-issue/146863/1 "2018-08-31T12:19:00Z")

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Hello All,

Earlier i was using ELK6.2.4 and beat version also were 6.2.4. Today i have upgraded my ELK from 6.2.4 to 6.4.0. Before updating my filebeat i was getting logs on kibana6.4.0.

But i have updated my filebeat also from 6.2.4 to 6.4.0. I am using logstash for output. I am following the below URL:

**[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-installation.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-installation.html)**  
I have setup the filebeat dashboard also. Please refer the below screenshot:

 ![Selection_019](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/4/d44fb1e3b6e213cdce37bffdcd570dd085865ed9.png)

But at the second part of step 5 i am facing issue:

```auto
filebeat setup -e \
  -E output.logstash.enabled=false \
  -E output.elasticsearch.hosts=['localhost:9200'] \
  -E output.elasticsearch.username=filebeat_internal \
  -E output.elasticsearch.password=YOUR_PASSWORD \
  -E setup.kibana.host=localhost:5601

```

I need to follow above step according to document, but i don't know which username and password i need to use? Also, filebeat and elasticsearch server don't have direct connectivity. I load the index template manually using alternate method.

Can anybody help me to figure out which username and password i need to use here. Because i am not using x-pack for security.

Thanks in advance.

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### Author: ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2018, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-configuration-issue/146863/2 "2018-09-03T07:54:46Z")

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If you don't use X-Pack Security, you don't need user and password to load anything. How did you load dashboards if you cannot run the `setup` command you pasted here?

If you have templates and dashboards loaded correctly, you don't need to run anything else. Just start Filebeat, and enjoy. 🙂

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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: [October 1, 2018, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-configuration-issue/146863/3 "2018-10-01T07:54:50Z")

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