# Filebeat - prospectors/inputs and active modules with configuration

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-inputs-and-active-modules-with-configuration/141524
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [July 25, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-inputs-and-active-modules-with-configuration/141524 "2018-07-25T08:44:06Z")
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### Author: ![yannicknk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9d8465/32.png) [@yannicknk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yannicknk)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-inputs-and-active-modules-with-configuration/141524/1 "2018-07-25T08:44:06Z")

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Dear Elastic Team,

I am having a small question. Currently I am using a wildcard expression in my Filebeat input configuration (/var/log/_log; /var/log/_/\*log)., but I started to use the system module with its configuration under /etc/filebeat/modules/.

Does the activation of the system module, automatically excludes the files from my main input configuration or do I have to exclude them manually?

Greetings,

YK

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### Author: ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-inputs-and-active-modules-with-configuration/141524/2 "2018-07-25T12:02:56Z")

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Hi @yannicknk,

Enabling the `system` module should not automatically exclude any `inputs` you defined in your configuration.

A few questions:

- Before you enabled the `system` module were the files you defined in your `inputs` getting harvested?
- What version of Filebeat are you using?
- Which OS are you running on?
- Can you paste your Filebeat configuration here, including configuration for modules you have enabled?
- Can you paste your Filebeat logs here?

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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 22, 2018, 12:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-prospectors-inputs-and-active-modules-with-configuration/141524/3 "2018-08-22T12:02:57Z")

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