# Filebeat module enable

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-module-enable/316389>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** beats-module\
**Created:** [October 12, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-module-enable/316389 "2022-10-12T00:19:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![gunlomboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@gunlomboy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gunlomboy)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 12:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-module-enable/316389/1 "2022-10-12T00:19:05Z")

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Hi,

Does anyone know if the "filebeat module enable" command does anything other than remove the .disabled from the file name?

I am deploying via Ansible, so would like to just rename/overwrite the file without running the command.

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:** [November 9, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-module-enable/316389/2 "2022-11-09T02:19:56Z")

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