# Filebeat : harvester setup failed: unexpected file opening error **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [May 13, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-harvester-setup-failed-unexpected-file-opening-error/180783 "2019-05-13T10:09:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mayurbiw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mayurbiw/32/45858_2.png) [@Mayurbiw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mayurbiw)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 10:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-harvester-setup-failed-unexpected-file-opening-error/180783/1 "2019-05-13T10:09:10Z")
I am sending a data from file beat to Logstash. File beat is throwing an error - harvester setup failed: unexcepted file opening error? I am reading files from a directory like this example - filebeat.inputs: - type: log enabled: true paths: - /var/log/\*.log Can anyone suggest a solution? ---
**Author:** ![Tek\_Chand](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tek_chand/32/34318_2.png) [@Tek\_Chand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tek_Chand)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-harvester-setup-failed-unexpected-file-opening-error/180783/2 "2019-05-13T10:35:50Z")
@Mayurbiw, Can you please provide your `filebeat.yml` configuration? That will be more helpful. Please provide configuration in formatted way. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-harvester-setup-failed-unexpected-file-opening-error/180783/3 "2019-06-10T10:35:51Z")
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