# Filebeat fails to start in ubuntu 16.04

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-fails-to-start-in-ubuntu-16-04/82418>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [April 14, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-fails-to-start-in-ubuntu-16-04/82418 "2017-04-14T14:37:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![praveen133t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@praveen133t](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/praveen133t)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-fails-to-start-in-ubuntu-16-04/82418/2 "2017-04-14T15:01:22Z")

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Never mind. It was a configuration issue. I was able to figure it out.

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