# How packetbeat to work with pf\_ring

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-packetbeat-to-work-with-pf-ring/63121>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [October 16, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-packetbeat-to-work-with-pf-ring/63121 "2016-10-16T05:21:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-packetbeat-to-work-with-pf-ring/63121/3 "2016-10-17T13:22:24Z")

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@shell.b2t See [Starting packetbeat: 2016/01/08 12:13:43.009060 packetbeat.go:195: CRIT Initializing sniffer failed: Error creating sniffer: Pfring sniffing is not compiled in](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-packetbeat-2016-01-08-12-13-43-009060-packetbeat-go-195-crit-initializing-sniffer-failed-error-creating-sniffer-pfring-sniffing-is-not-compiled-in/38721/4?u=andrewkroh)

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