# Filebeat StartUp error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-startup-error/63477
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [October 20, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-startup-error/63477 "2016-10-20T07:23:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@manojvenkat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manojvenkat)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-startup-error/63477/1 "2016-10-20T07:23:33Z")
Dear All,
I have installed Filebeat on my application server and have updated filebeat.yml to ship logs to logstash. When I run the command to start the filebeat I get below error. Please advice.
filebeat.service - filebeat
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/filebeat.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: start-limit) since Wed 2016-10-19 11:35:31 EDT; 2min 51s ago
Docs: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/index.html)
Process: 28849 ExecStart=/usr/bin/filebeat -c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 28849 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Oct 19 11:35:31 MYSERVER: filebeat.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 19 11:35:31 MYSERVER: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Oct 19 11:35:31 MYSERVER: filebeat.service failed.
Oct 19 11:35:31 MYSERVER: filebeat.service holdoff time over, scheduling restart.
Oct 19 11:35:31 MYSERVER: start request repeated too quickly for filebeat.service
Oct 19 11:35:31 MYSERVER: Failed to start filebeat.
Oct 19 11:35:31 MYSERVER: Unit filebeat.service entered failed state.
Oct 19 11:35:31 MYSERVER: filebeat.service failed.
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### Author:  [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2016, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-startup-error/63477/2 "2016-10-20T09:43:37Z")
most likely your filebeat.yml is wrong. Have you tried to run filebeat in foreground? Can you share your config?
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### Author:  [@manojvenkat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manojvenkat)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-startup-error/63477/3 "2016-10-20T12:50:06Z")
Thanks Steffens. I am not able to attach the full filebeat.yml file. Please find the attached screenshots. Apart from the properties set in the screenshot all other parameters are commented in yml file 
  
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### Author:  [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-startup-error/63477/4 "2016-10-20T14:45:12Z")
the screenshot is a little confusing. Did you put logstash correctly into the output section? Why is elasticsearch output still enabled?
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### Author:  [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2016, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-startup-error/63477/5 "2016-10-21T11:06:45Z")
Maybe try `filebeat -configtest -c `
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### Author:  [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-startup-error/63477/6 "2016-10-21T11:07:44Z")
You can simply copy and paste the file in here, and just add ``` at the beginning and the end so that it's properly formatted.
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### Author:  [@manojvenkat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/manojvenkat)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2016, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-startup-error/63477/7 "2016-10-21T11:25:09Z")
Thanks Steffens & Tudor. My bad, It was a typo error for logger level. I corrected it and I could able to start the file beat.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-startup-error/63477/8 "2016-11-10T07:24:13Z")
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