# Filebeat error Debian 6

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-debian-6/176619>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 12, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-debian-6/176619 "2019-04-12T12:03:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Felipe\_Aguiar\_Liota](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/felipe_aguiar_liota/32/44020_2.png) [@Felipe\_Aguiar\_Liota](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Felipe_Aguiar_Liota)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-debian-6/176619/1 "2019-04-12T12:03:14Z")

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I installed Filebeat version 6.5.4 on Debian 6. The default configuration, when I try to start the service, returns error:

Exiting: Error initializing the publisher: Error initializing processors: 1 Error: No / etc / -release file found

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**Author:** ![Felipe\_Aguiar\_Liota](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/felipe_aguiar_liota/32/44020_2.png) [@Felipe\_Aguiar\_Liota](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Felipe_Aguiar_Liota)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-debian-6/176619/2 "2019-04-17T14:54:20Z")

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Solved.

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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:** [May 15, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-debian-6/176619/3 "2019-05-15T15:01:11Z")

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