# FileBeat disabling hints.default.default\_config

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-disabling-hints-default-default-config/268614>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker, filebeat\
**Created:** [March 29, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-disabling-hints-default-default-config/268614 "2021-03-29T00:18:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Joaquin\_menchaca](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joaquin_menchaca/32/86209_2.png) [@Joaquin\_menchaca](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joaquin_menchaca)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-disabling-hints-default-default-config/268614/1 "2021-03-29T00:18:11Z")

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I don't understand why this doesn't work, any insight appreciated. When I enable `hints.default_config`, I do not get anything show up in **Kibana**. I was following these [docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/configuration-autodiscover-hints.html#_docker_3) for auto-discovery.

My `filebeats.yml` config is:

```auto
filebeat.config:
  modules:
    path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml
    reload.enabled: false
filebeat.modules:
  - module: elasticsearch
  - module: kibana
filebeat.autodiscover:
  providers:
    - type: docker
      hints:
         enabled: true
         default_config:
           enabled: true
           type: container
           paths:
              - "/var/lib/docker/containers/${data.docker.container.id}/*.log"
processors:
- add_cloud_metadata: ~
- add_docker_metadata:
    host: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
output.elasticsearch:
  hosts: ["http://elasticsearch:9200"]
setup.kibana:
  host: http://kibana:5601
setup.dashboards.enabled: true

```

I am trying to get logs from two containers that send out golang glog format. This what I am using for `docker-compose.yml`:

```auto
version: "3.5"
services:
  zero:
    image: dgraph/dgraph:${DGRAPH_VERSION}
    container_name: zero
    command: dgraph zero --my=zero:5080 --replicas 1 --idx 1
    labels:
      co.elastic.logs/enabled: true

  alpha:
    image: dgraph/dgraph:${DGRAPH_VERSION}
    container_name: alpha
    command: dgraph alpha --my=alpha:7080 --zero=zero:5080
    labels:
      co.elastic.logs/enabled: true
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
      - 9080:9080

  elasticsearch:
    image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${ELASTIC_VERSION}
    container_name: elasticsearch
    labels:
      co.elastic.logs/module: elasticsearch
    environment:
      discovery.type: single-node
      bootstrap.memory_lock: "true"
      ES_JAVA_OPTS: "-Xms750m -Xmx750m"
    ports:
      - 9200:9200

  kibana:
    image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:${ELASTIC_VERSION}
    container_name: kibana
    labels:
      co.elastic.logs/module: kibana
    depends_on:
      - elasticsearch
    ports:
      - 5601:5601

  filebeat:
    image: docker.elastic.co/beats/filebeat:${ELASTIC_VERSION}
    container_name: filebeat
    command: filebeat -e -strict.perms=false
    privileged: true 
    user: root
    volumes:
      - ./config/filebeat.yml:/usr/share/filebeat/filebeat.yml
      - /var/lib/docker/containers:/var/lib/docker/containers
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

```

When I change `default_config.enabled to false`, everything suddenly works.

```auto
filebeat.autodiscover:
  providers:
    - type: docker
      hints:
         enabled: true
         default_config:
           enabled: false

```

And the default environment variables (`.env`) are:

```bash
ELASTIC_VERSION=7.12.0
DGRAPH_VERSION=v20.11.2

```

I would have to create traffic so that more long information comes from the `alpha` and `zero` containers, and search for `container.name :"alpha" or container.name:"zero"` in **Kibana**. When I have `default_config.enabled` != `true`, then I get `@timestamp` errors in **Kibana** and no data. Why? What is happening?

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**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-disabling-hints-default-default-config/268614/2 "2021-03-30T14:09:26Z")

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Hi @Joaquin_menchaca,

On the first test, with `hints.default_config.enabled: true` are you also using the `co.elastic.logs/enabled` label in the containers?

Are your log files in the configured path? `/var/lib/docker/containers/${data.docker.container.id}/*.log`?

> [@Joaquin\_menchaca](#):
>
> then I get `@timestamp` errors in **Kibana** and no data. Why? What is happening?

What kind of errors?

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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 27, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-disabling-hints-default-default-config/268614/3 "2021-04-27T16:10:16Z")

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