# Filebeat error setting up modules on windows
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-setting-up-modules-on-windows/199154
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [September 11, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-setting-up-modules-on-windows/199154 "2019-09-11T22:54:51Z")
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### Author:  [@Marcell0e](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcell0e)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-setting-up-modules-on-windows/199154/1 "2019-09-11T22:54:52Z")
I am getting the following error setting up filebeat on windows. I am trying to setup the following modules (elasticsearch, kibana, logstash, system). I have followed the instructions, but I think I am missing something.
```
2019-09-11T18:52:28.956-0400 ERROR fileset/factory.go:105 Error creating input: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:52:28.956-0400 ERROR [reload] cfgfile/list.go:96 Error creating runner from config: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:52:38.961-0400 ERROR fileset/factory.go:105 Error creating input: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:52:38.961-0400 ERROR [reload] cfgfile/list.go:96 Error creating runner from config: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:52:48.966-0400 ERROR fileset/factory.go:105 Error creating input: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:52:48.966-0400 ERROR [reload] cfgfile/list.go:96 Error creating runner from config: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:52:58.680-0400 INFO [monitoring] log/log.go:145 Non-zero metrics in the last 30s {"monitoring": {"metrics": {"beat":{"cpu":{"system":{"ticks":406,"time":{"ms":31}},"total":{"ticks":734,"time":{"ms":31},"value":734},"user":{"ticks":328}},"handles":{"open":257},"info":{"ephemeral_id":"f600ce08-cadc-4478-aaf1-480f1df5872b","uptime":{"ms":510038}},"memstats":{"gc_next":5619520,"memory_alloc":2806496,"memory_total":144417256,"rss":53248},"runtime":{"goroutines":80}},"filebeat":{"events":{"added":7,"done":7},"harvester":{"open_files":1,"running":1}},"libbeat":{"config":{"module":{"running":0},"reloads":3},"output":{"events":{"acked":7,"batches":4,"total":7},"read":{"bytes":24},"write":{"bytes":2973}},"pipeline":{"clients":9,"events":{"active":0,"published":7,"total":7},"queue":{"acked":7}}},"registrar":{"states":{"current":13,"update":7},"writes":{"success":4,"total":4}}}}}
2019-09-11T18:52:58.970-0400 ERROR fileset/factory.go:105 Error creating input: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:52:58.970-0400 ERROR [reload] cfgfile/list.go:96 Error creating runner from config: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:08.975-0400 ERROR fileset/factory.go:105 Error creating input: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:08.975-0400 ERROR [reload] cfgfile/list.go:96 Error creating runner from config: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:18.978-0400 ERROR fileset/factory.go:105 Error creating input: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:18.978-0400 ERROR [reload] cfgfile/list.go:96 Error creating runner from config: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:28.681-0400 INFO [monitoring] log/log.go:145 Non-zero metrics in the last 30s {"monitoring": {"metrics": {"beat":{"cpu":{"system":{"ticks":406},"total":{"ticks":843,"time":{"ms":109},"value":843},"user":{"ticks":437,"time":{"ms":109}}},"handles":{"open":257},"info":{"ephemeral_id":"f600ce08-cadc-4478-aaf1-480f1df5872b","uptime":{"ms":540038}},"memstats":{"gc_next":8673904,"memory_alloc":6532096,"memory_total":152526552,"rss":2256896},"runtime":{"goroutines":80}},"filebeat":{"events":{"added":7,"done":7},"harvester":{"open_files":1,"running":1}},"libbeat":{"config":{"module":{"running":0},"reloads":3},"output":{"events":{"acked":7,"batches":4,"total":7},"read":{"bytes":24},"write":{"bytes":3045}},"pipeline":{"clients":9,"events":{"active":0,"published":7,"total":7},"queue":{"acked":7}}},"registrar":{"states":{"current":13,"update":7},"writes":{"success":4,"total":4}}}}}
2019-09-11T18:53:28.982-0400 ERROR fileset/factory.go:105 Error creating input: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:28.982-0400 ERROR [reload] cfgfile/list.go:96 Error creating runner from config: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:38.986-0400 ERROR fileset/factory.go:105 Error creating input: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:38.986-0400 ERROR [reload] cfgfile/list.go:96 Error creating runner from config: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:48.989-0400 ERROR fileset/factory.go:105 Error creating input: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:48.989-0400 ERROR [reload] cfgfile/list.go:96 Error creating runner from config: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:58.681-0400 INFO [monitoring] log/log.go:145 Non-zero metrics in the last 30s {"monitoring": {"metrics": {"beat":{"cpu":{"system":{"ticks":421,"time":{"ms":15}},"total":{"ticks":874,"time":{"ms":31},"value":874},"user":{"ticks":453,"time":{"ms":16}}},"handles":{"open":257},"info":{"ephemeral_id":"f600ce08-cadc-4478-aaf1-480f1df5872b","uptime":{"ms":570038}},"memstats":{"gc_next":8661088,"memory_alloc":6531680,"memory_total":160647824,"rss":-2293760},"runtime":{"goroutines":80}},"filebeat":{"events":{"added":7,"done":7},"harvester":{"open_files":1,"running":1}},"libbeat":{"config":{"module":{"running":0},"reloads":3},"output":{"events":{"acked":7,"batches":4,"total":7},"read":{"bytes":24},"write":{"bytes":2964}},"pipeline":{"clients":9,"events":{"active":0,"published":7,"total":7},"queue":{"acked":7}}},"registrar":{"states":{"current":13,"update":7},"writes":{"success":4,"total":4}}}}}
2019-09-11T18:53:58.993-0400 ERROR fileset/factory.go:105 Error creating input: No paths were defined for input accessing config
2019-09-11T18:53:58.993-0400 ERROR [reload] cfgfile/list.go:96 Error creating runner from config: No paths were defined for input accessing config
```
Thank you for your help.
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### Author:  [@Marcell0e](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcell0e)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-setting-up-modules-on-windows/199154/2 "2019-09-13T14:06:50Z")
Nevermind I figured out what i was doing wrong.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error-setting-up-modules-on-windows/199154/3 "2019-10-11T14:06:58Z")
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