# Filebeat + Windows: Spaces in directories **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [October 3, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-spaces-in-directories/102584 "2017-10-03T15:04:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roger\_Keulen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@Roger\_Keulen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roger_Keulen)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-spaces-in-directories/102584/1 "2017-10-03T15:04:33Z")
I'm trying to setup filebeat on a windows machine The dir of apache logs = C:/Program Files (x86)/EasyPHP/binaries/apache/logs/error\* The error i get is: Exiting: Error getting config for fielset apache2/error: Error interpreting the template of the prospector: template: text:3:22: executing "text" at \<.paths\>: range can't iterate over C:/Program Files (x86)/EasyPHP/binaries/apache/logs/error\* Can you gave a example how to fill in a unstructered file called: "yml". ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_Keulen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@Roger\_Keulen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roger_Keulen)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-spaces-in-directories/102584/2 "2017-10-03T15:08:54Z")
Got it.... You must put a "-" before it, beacuse that is how "linux" people write lists aperantly. I like XML with a schema. Linux people are still living in the 50's.... ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_Keulen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@Roger\_Keulen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roger_Keulen)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-spaces-in-directories/102584/3 "2017-10-03T15:12:14Z")
Next problem. Now i need a string to tell him "no\_plugins" I already tried: var.pipeline: no\_plugins var.pipeline: "no\_plugins" var.pipeline: 'no\_plugins' - var.pipeline: no\_plugins var.pipeline: [no\_plugins] Programming in notepad is super cool..... and high tech ! ---
**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 4, 2017, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-spaces-in-directories/102584/4 "2017-10-04T07:08:27Z")
Could you share the whole file you are trying to edit? Please format it using the `` button in the editors toolbar. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_Keulen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@Roger\_Keulen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roger_Keulen)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-spaces-in-directories/102584/5 "2017-10-04T12:50:45Z")
No, that is not possible, I get a error: "Body is limited to 7000 characters; you entered 37965." I tried to remove all the "help" you need to give people, but i can have made mistakes. filebeat.modules: - module: apache2 output.elasticsearch: hosts: ["localhost:9200"] username: "elastic" password: "changeme" ---
**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 4, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-spaces-in-directories/102584/6 "2017-10-04T14:45:22Z")
Unfortunately, the support of `no_plugins` option was removed. I have found documentation which includes it, but it is not right. We will update the docs. So if you want to use `apache2` you have to install the plugins. ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_Keulen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@Roger\_Keulen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roger_Keulen)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-spaces-in-directories/102584/7 "2017-10-05T06:37:10Z")
Thanx ! (Not having the plugin isn't the problem, as long i know the way i have to fill this in is correctly.) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 6:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-windows-spaces-in-directories/102584/8 "2017-11-02T06:37:15Z")
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