# FileBeat error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error/274709>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 2, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error/274709 "2021-06-02T07:51:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Dylan\_McAloo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/michael_dylan_mcaloo/32/80928_2.png) [@Michael\_Dylan\_McAloo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Dylan_McAloo)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error/274709/1 "2021-06-02T07:51:16Z")

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I'm using FileBeat for dissect a Snort Alert but I have this message error when I try it.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/9/a9df8b3192e29072f383f4ee39a6edff3e51ea4b.png)

Error message:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/9/e90257cda7feb90a64a5d36098eb213a3baf0fc7.png)

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error/274709/2 "2021-06-02T10:06:08Z")

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Please don't post pictures of text or code. They are difficult to read, impossible to search and replicate (if it's code), and some people may not be even able to see them 🙂

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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:** [June 30, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-error/274709/3 "2021-06-30T10:06:32Z")

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