# Filebeat-god stopped

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-god-stopped/139291>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 10, 2018, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-god-stopped/139291 "2018-07-10T08:01:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![nandan\_bigdata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f07891/32.png) [@nandan\_bigdata](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nandan_bigdata)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 8:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-god-stopped/139291/1 "2018-07-10T08:01:11Z")

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Hello All,  
I am using filebeat to access one simple log file.

filebeat.yml :-

> filebeat.inputs:  
> type: log  
> enabled: true  
> paths:  
> - /var/log/nandan.log  
> output.elasticsearch:  
> hosts: ["10.10.1.5:9200"]

nandan.log file data is :-

> Jul 09 02:43:51 Installed: elasticsearch-6.3.1-1.noarch  
> Jul 09 03:03:14 Installed: 1:logstash-6.3.1-1.noarch  
> Jul 09 03:10:31 Installed: kibana-6.3.1-1.x86\_64  
> Jul 09 03:34:28 Erased: elasticsearch  
> Jul 09 03:37:25 Installed: elasticsearch-6.3.1-1.noarch  
> Jul 09 05:21:48 Erased: elasticsearch  
> Jul 09 05:21:57 Erased: kibana  
> Jul 09 05:22:13 Erased: logstash  
> Jul 10 02:09:32 Installed: elasticsearch-6.3.1-1.noarch  
> Jul 10 02:52:42 Installed: kibana-6.3.1-1.x86\_64

I ran the command

> [root@DSE4-1 filebeat]# sudo service filebeat start

Got error as :-

> [root@DSE4-1 filebeat]# sudo service filebeat start  
> Starting filebeat: 2018-07-10T03:41:14.231-0400 INFO instance/beat.go:492 Home path: [/usr/share/filebeat] Config path: [/etc/filebeat] Data path: [/var/lib/filebeat] Logs path: [/var/log/filebeat]  
> 2018-07-10T03:41:14.234-0400 INFO instance/beat.go:499 Beat UUID: 1713f042-12be-48e8-98ba-449d5a95f22f  
> 2018-07-10T03:41:14.235-0400 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:716 Beat info {"system\_info": {"beat": {"path": {"config": "/etc/filebeat", "data": "/var/lib/filebeat", "home": "/usr/share/filebeat", "logs": "/var/log/filebeat"}, "type": "filebeat", "uuid": "1713f042-12be-48e8-98ba-449d5a95f22f"}}}  
> 2018-07-10T03:41:14.235-0400 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:725 Build info {"system\_info": {"build": {"commit": "ed42bb85e72ae58cc09748dc1825159713e0ffd4", "libbeat": "6.3.1", "time": "2018-06-29T21:09:35.000Z", "version": "6.3.1"}}}  
> 2018-07-10T03:41:14.235-0400 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:728 Go runtime info {"system\_info": {"go": {"os":"linux","arch":"amd64","max\_procs":4,"version":"go1.9.4"}}}  
> 2018-07-10T03:41:14.236-0400 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:732 Host info {"system\_info": {"host": {"architecture":"x86\_64","boot\_time":"2018-05-07T00:45:45-04:00","containerized":true,"hostname":"DSE4-1","ips":["127.0.0.1/8","172.16.101.107/16","10.172.16.107/24"],"kernel\_version":"2.6.32-696.1.1.el6.x86\_64","mac\_addresses":["3e:37:bd:b1:7d:2b","62:e7:df:a5:47:65"],"os":{"family":"redhat","platform":"centos","name":"CentOS","version":"6.9 (Final)","major":6,"minor":9,"patch":0,"codename":"Final"},"timezone":"EDT","timezone\_offset\_sec":-14400}}}  
> 2018-07-10T03:41:14.236-0400 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:761 Process info {"system\_info": {"process": {"capabilities": {"inheritable":null,"permitted":["chown","dac\_override","dac\_read\_search","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","linux\_immutable","net\_bind\_service","net\_broadcast","net\_admin","net\_raw","ipc\_lock","ipc\_owner","sys\_module","sys\_rawio","sys\_chroot","sys\_ptrace","sys\_pacct","sys\_admin","sys\_boot","sys\_nice","sys\_resource","sys\_time","sys\_tty\_config","mknod","lease","audit\_write","audit\_control","setfcap","mac\_override","mac\_admin","syslog","wake\_alarm","block\_suspend","audit\_read","38","39","40","41","42","43","44","45","46","47","48","49","50","51","52","53","54","55","56","57","58","59","60","61","62","63"],"effective":["chown","dac\_override","dac\_read\_search","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","linux\_immutable","net\_bind\_service","net\_broadcast","net\_admin","net\_raw","ipc\_lock","ipc\_owner","sys\_module","sys\_rawio","sys\_chroot","sys\_ptrace","sys\_pacct","sys\_admin","sys\_boot","sys\_nice","sys\_resource","sys\_time","sys\_tty\_config","mknod","lease","audit\_write","audit\_control","setfcap","mac\_override","mac\_admin","syslog","wake\_alarm","block\_suspend","audit\_read","38","39","40","41","42","43","44","45","46","47","48","49","50","51","52","53","54","55","56","57","58","59","60","61","62","63"],"bounding":["chown","dac\_override","dac\_read\_search","fowner","fsetid","kill","setgid","setuid","setpcap","linux\_immutable","net\_bind\_service","net\_broadcast","net\_admin","net\_raw","ipc\_lock","ipc\_owner","sys\_module","sys\_rawio","sys\_chroot","sys\_ptrace","sys\_pacct","sys\_admin","sys\_boot","sys\_nice","sys\_resource","sys\_time","sys\_tty\_config","mknod","lease","audit\_write","audit\_control","setfcap","mac\_override","mac\_admin","syslog","wake\_alarm","block\_suspend","audit\_read","38","39","40","41","42","43","44","45","46","47","48","49","50","51","52","53","54","55","56","57","58","59","60","61","62","63"],"ambient":null}, "cwd": "/", "exe": "/usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat", "name": "filebeat", "pid": 15194, "ppid": 15193, "seccomp": {"mode":""}, "start\_time": "2018-07-10T03:41:14.100-0400"}}}  
> 2018-07-10T03:41:14.236-0400 INFO instance/beat.go:225 Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 6.3.1  
> 2018-07-10T03:41:14.236-0400 INFO elasticsearch/client.go:145 Elasticsearch url: [http://172.16.101.107:9200](http://172.16.101.107:9200)  
> 2018-07-10T03:41:14.237-0400 INFO pipeline/module.go:81 Beat name: DSE4-1  
> 2018-07-10T03:41:14.237-0400 ERROR instance/beat.go:691 Exiting: no modules or inputs enabled and configuration reloading disabled. What files do you want me to watch?  
> Exiting: no modules or inputs enabled and configuration reloading disabled. What files do you want me to watch?

I tried to check filebeat log location but there are no any folder as filebeat in /var/log location..

and idea, what's the issue and how to resolve.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![exekias](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/exekias/32/28718_2.png) [@exekias](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/exekias)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-god-stopped/139291/2 "2018-07-10T23:45:17Z")

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Hi @nandan_bigdata,

The error message says that no module or input is enabled. I see you have an input in your pasted config, but indenting is gone after pasting.

It looks like `filebeat.inputs` is not a list, as `-` is missing, but I'm not sure

Can you paste your configuration again using the performatted text button to format it?

Best regards

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**Author:** ![nandan\_bigdata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f07891/32.png) [@nandan\_bigdata](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nandan_bigdata)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-god-stopped/139291/3 "2018-07-11T02:23:39Z")

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It's solved.. I checked my configuration file and resolved it.  
Thanks

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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:** [August 8, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-god-stopped/139291/4 "2018-08-08T02:37:24Z")

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