# Filebeat Non-Root User Permissions

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-non-root-user-permissions/294743>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [January 18, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-non-root-user-permissions/294743 "2022-01-18T21:51:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![harry\_cook](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/harry_cook/32/100496_2.png) [@harry\_cook](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harry_cook)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-non-root-user-permissions/294743/1 "2022-01-18T21:51:18Z")

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Can I Install filebeat as a non-root user on on-prem servers ? If yes what/where all permissions do I need to run it as non-root user ?

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-non-root-user-permissions/294743/2 "2022-01-19T00:37:32Z")

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Yes you can, the best way would be installing using the `.tar.gz` in a custom path.

The permissions depend only on what you want to collect with filebeat, it needs to have read permissions to the files that you want to collect.

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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:** [February 16, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-non-root-user-permissions/294743/3 "2022-02-16T02:38:20Z")

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