# Filebeat error during install

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-during-install/267257>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 15, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-during-install/267257 "2021-03-15T12:09:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Liliana\_Novais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/liliana_novais/32/84467_2.png) [@Liliana\_Novais](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Liliana_Novais)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-during-install/267257/1 "2021-03-15T12:09:33Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to configure Filebeat. When I input this command:  
.\filebeat.exe modules list

I am having the following error:  
Error initializing beat: error loading config file: yaml: line 157: did not find expected key

Can someone help me?

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**Author:** ![Elks2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@Elks2020](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elks2020)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-during-install/267257/2 "2021-03-15T14:38:27Z")

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> [@Liliana\_Novais](#):
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> 7: did not find expected key

Did you enable ssl ? such as  
`ssl.enabled: true`  
if so, you will have to point at the key

`server.ssl.key: /pathtoyourkey/ca.key`

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**Author:** ![Liliana\_Novais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/liliana_novais/32/84467_2.png) [@Liliana\_Novais](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Liliana_Novais)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-during-install/267257/3 "2021-03-15T15:01:09Z")

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> [@Elks2020](#):
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> server.ssl.key: /pathtoyourkey/ca.key

Thanks for you reply,.  
A question What is `server.ssl.key: /pathtoyourkey/ca.key`

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**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-during-install/267257/4 "2021-03-15T15:21:00Z")

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> [@Liliana\_Novais](#):
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> Error initializing beat: error loading config file: yaml: line 157: did not find expected key

That is usually a syntax format error in your `filebeat.yml`

Post lines 150 - 160 format them with the` </>` button above and perhaps we can help

![Screen Shot 2021-03-15 at 8.19.58 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/8/1896a1d0cc8fed6baf241d93c4e76e5a1ceb134f.png)

You can also test the config with

`filebeat test config`

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**Author:** ![Liliana\_Novais](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/liliana_novais/32/84467_2.png) [@Liliana\_Novais](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Liliana_Novais)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-during-install/267257/5 "2021-03-15T15:23:45Z")

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Hello, it is solved, It eas the fact that I had the username and passwork on kibana

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**Author:** ![Elks2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@Elks2020](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Elks2020)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-during-install/267257/6 "2021-03-15T16:29:00Z")

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Glad to hear that

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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 12, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-during-install/267257/7 "2021-04-12T18:29:30Z")

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