# "Filebeat.prospectors has been removed"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-has-been-removed/205563>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [October 28, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-has-been-removed/205563 "2019-10-28T23:42:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mehak\_Bhargava](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mehak_bhargava/32/54750_2.png) [@Mehak\_Bhargava](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mehak_Bhargava)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-has-been-removed/205563/1 "2019-10-28T23:42:29Z")

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This is my filebeat.yml file content

filebeat:  
prospectors:  
-  
paths:  
- C:/elk/\*.log  
input\_type: log  
multiline.pattern: '^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}'  
multiline.negate: true  
multiline.match: after

output:  
logstash:  
hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

In my filebeat installation folder, I have fields.yml, filebeat.reference.yml, filebeat.yml,LICENSE.txt, NOTICE.txt and README.txt files. am I missing a file? How should I try to fix it?

And where is the below file added and modified, as mentioned by Configure Filebeat official page-  
filebeat.inputs:

- type: log  
paths:
  - /var/log/system.log
  - /var/log/wifi.log

- type: log  
paths:
  - "/var/log/apache2/\*"  
fields:  
apache: true  
fields\_under\_root: true

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-has-been-removed/205563/3 "2019-10-29T11:01:07Z")

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What is the version of Filebeat your are using?

Prospectors has been renamed to inputs in 6.3. So if you simply change prospectors to inputs, it should work.

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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 26, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-has-been-removed/205563/4 "2019-11-26T11:01:55Z")

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