# Filebeat-god is stopped

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-god-is-stopped/136103>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 15, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-god-is-stopped/136103 "2018-06-15T13:46:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![asalma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/asalma/32/32199_2.png) [@asalma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asalma)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-god-is-stopped/136103/1 "2018-06-15T13:46:41Z")

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Can someone explain to me this error ?

```auto
[root@frghcslnetv03 filebeat]# service filebeat status
filebeat-god is stopped
```

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**Author:** ![pierhugues](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/pierhugues/32/48383_2.png) [@pierhugues](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pierhugues)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-god-is-stopped/136103/2 "2018-06-15T14:30:15Z")

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filebeat-god is a small wrapper we use to daemonize go application, the message your are seeing mean that Filebeat is not currently running.

> **[tsg/go-daemon](https://github.com/tsg/go-daemon)**
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> go-daemon - Utility to "daemonize" Go programs

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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 13, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-god-is-stopped/136103/3 "2018-07-13T14:36:14Z")

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