# Filebeats + nginx problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [July 27, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952 "2018-07-27T14:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![incls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9d8465/32.png) [@incls](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/incls)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/1 "2018-07-27T14:06:11Z")
Hello, Im new in ELK and i want run that concept: Nginx -\> logstash -\> Elastic -\> Kibana (Standard ELK) But when i try config all i have that problem: When i run: filebeat setup -e: ``` 2018-07-27T13:58:10.146Z ERROR instance/beat.go:691 Exiting: Error getting config for fileset nginx/access: Error interpreting the template of the input: template: text:3:22: executing "text" at <.paths>: range can't iterate over /var/log/nginx/access.log Exiting: Error getting config for fileset nginx/access: Error interpreting the template of the input: template: text:3:22: executing "text" at <.paths>: range can't iterate over /var/log/nginx/access.log ``` Thats is my nginx.yml from modules.d > - module: nginx And my logstash config: input { beats { port =\> 5400 } } ``` filter { grok { match => ["message" , "%{COMBINEDAPACHELOG}+%{GREEDYDATA:extra_fields}"] overwrite => ["message"] } mutate { convert => ["response", "integer"] convert => ["bytes", "integer"] convert => ["responsetime", "float"] } geoip { source => "clientip" target => "geoip" add_tag => ["nginx-geoip"] } date { match => ["timestamp" , "dd/MMM/YYYY:HH:mm:ss Z"] remove_field => ["timestamp"] } useragent { source => "agent" } } output { elasticsearch { hosts => ["xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9200"] index => "weblogs-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}" document_type => "nginx_logs" } stdout { codec => rubydebug } } ``` Someone can help please? ---
**Author:** ![Charaf\_Ahmed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/charaf_ahmed/32/30467_2.png) [@Charaf\_Ahmed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Charaf_Ahmed)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/2 "2018-07-27T14:29:33Z")
be sure you have enabled the ngnix module ``` ./filebeat modules enable nginx ``` [link inspiration](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/filebeat-modules.html) ---
**Author:** ![incls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9d8465/32.png) [@incls](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/incls)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/3 "2018-07-27T14:34:03Z")
Thanks for answer! Yeah i have enabled nginx module: Enabled: nginx Disabled: apache2 auditd icinga iis kafka logstash mongodb mysql osquery postgresql redis system traefik ---
**Author:** ![Charaf\_Ahmed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/charaf_ahmed/32/30467_2.png) [@Charaf\_Ahmed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Charaf_Ahmed)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/4 "2018-07-27T14:37:13Z")
``` ./filebeat -e ``` ---
**Author:** ![incls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9d8465/32.png) [@incls](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/incls)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/5 "2018-07-27T14:51:47Z")
`filebeat -e` 2018-07-27T14:51:01.054Z ERROR instance/beat.go:691 Exiting: Error getting config for fileset nginx/error: Error interpreting the template of the input: template: text:3:22: executing "text" at \<.paths\>: range can't iterate over /var/log/nginx/error.log Exiting: Error getting config for fileset nginx/error: Error interpreting the template of the input: template: text:3:22: executing "text" at \<.paths\>: range can't iterate over /var/log/nginx/error.log Did you maybe have another suggest/idea? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Charaf\_Ahmed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/charaf_ahmed/32/30467_2.png) [@Charaf\_Ahmed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Charaf_Ahmed)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/6 "2018-07-27T14:57:35Z")
``` - module: nginx access: enabled: true var.paths: ["/var/log/nginx/access.log"] error: enabled: true var.paths: ["/var/log/nginx/error.log"] ``` ---
**Author:** ![incls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9d8465/32.png) [@incls](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/incls)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/7 "2018-07-27T15:14:43Z")
Thanks for another idea. I change nginx.yml like that you send and i see nothing - maybe filebeat work and i must wait a while. When i get a any output i send that here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Charaf\_Ahmed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/charaf_ahmed/32/30467_2.png) [@Charaf\_Ahmed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Charaf_Ahmed)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/8 "2018-07-27T15:18:04Z")
yes indeed, he must write at the log level. try to access your ngnix server. you will see a few things ---
**Author:** ![incls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9d8465/32.png) [@incls](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/incls)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/9 "2018-07-27T15:27:45Z")
Thanks For info 🙂 i wait for some output. if i get any info i post that ---
**Author:** ![incls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9d8465/32.png) [@incls](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/incls)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/10 "2018-07-27T16:39:11Z")
Now is nothing happened. When i run filebeat -e i have black screen and i dont get error/info etc 😕 nothing happend too with kibana. ---
**Author:** ![Charaf\_Ahmed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/charaf_ahmed/32/30467_2.png) [@Charaf\_Ahmed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Charaf_Ahmed)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/11 "2018-07-28T07:25:48Z")
let it go and go to kibana / dasborad / chose filebeat-ngnix ---
**Author:** ![incls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9d8465/32.png) [@incls](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/incls)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/12 "2018-07-28T11:49:45Z")
Nothing - 0 output, in kibana i see only > No data to display for the selected metrics > No results displayed because all values equal 0. > Operating systems breakdown [Filebeat Nginx] When i choice ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeats-nginx-problem/141952/13 "2018-08-25T13:49:46Z")
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