# Getting error when trying to run a filebeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-run-a-filebeat/339651>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 31, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-run-a-filebeat/339651 "2023-07-31T07:15:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rkannan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@rkannan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkannan)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-run-a-filebeat/339651/1 "2023-07-31T07:15:09Z")

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Exiting: fileset tomcat/error is configured but doesn't exist

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-run-a-filebeat/339651/2 "2023-07-31T07:53:21Z")

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Welcome to the community

This question should be addressed for filebeat, however check modules.d/tomcat.yml , you should set:

```auto
var.paths:
     - /var/log/tomcat/*.log

```

Check [the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-module-tomcat.html).

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**Author:** ![rkannan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@rkannan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkannan)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-run-a-filebeat/339651/3 "2023-07-31T08:59:54Z")

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Hi Rios,

Thanks for your valuable reply, I was add the var.paths : in the tomcat.yml file but the problem is not resolved , please find the attached screen shot for your refrence.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/e/1ed599bfd93b3bb8ab0b1ec1301f1bc74a7fcbfa.png)

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**Author:** ![rkannan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@rkannan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rkannan)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2023, 9:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-run-a-filebeat/339651/4 "2023-07-31T09:00:36Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/9/09bf8797868997753e6bc8bf693a756ab1883db3.png)

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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 28, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-when-trying-to-run-a-filebeat/339651/5 "2023-08-28T09:01:07Z")

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