# Filebeat Error on Widows Machine

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-on-widows-machine/277562>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 1, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-on-widows-machine/277562 "2021-07-01T13:49:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ashwin\_Patil1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ashwin_patil1/32/90642_2.png) [@Ashwin\_Patil1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ashwin_Patil1)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-on-widows-machine/277562/1 "2021-07-01T13:49:40Z")

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How do I troubleshoot the following error?  
PS C:\Program Files\Filebeat\> .\filebeat.exe -e

```auto
2021-07-01T12:20:50.286+0100 ERROR [syslog] syslog/input.go:155 Error starting the servererrorlisten tcp 127.0.0.1:9000: bind: Only one usage of each socket address (protocol/network address/port) is normally permitted.

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**Author:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-on-widows-machine/277562/2 "2021-07-01T17:49:51Z")

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Something else is using that port.

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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:** [July 29, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-on-widows-machine/277562/3 "2021-07-29T19:50:51Z")

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