# How to fix host issue in filebeat-7.17.4 without drop\_fields
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-host-issue-in-filebeat-7-17-4-without-drop-fields/306890
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [June 10, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-host-issue-in-filebeat-7-17-4-without-drop-fields/306890 "2022-06-10T12:47:29Z")
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### Author:  [@mbmannubisht](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbmannubisht)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-host-issue-in-filebeat-7-17-4-without-drop-fields/306890/1 "2022-06-10T12:47:29Z")
Hi Team,
Stuck in one issue if I drop\_fields of host then it will work otherwise not working
Working condition code:
```auto
- drop_fields:
fields: ["beat", "offset", "source", "type", "input_type", "host"]
ignore_missing: true
```
Not Working condition code:
```auto
processors:
- drop_fields:
fields: ["beat", "offset", "source", "type", "input_type"]
ignore_missing: true
```
Error is here :=\>
```auto
Could not index event to Elasticsearch.status: 400, action:
"type" => "mapper_parsing_exception", "reason" => "failed to parse field [host] of type [text] in document with id ''. Preview of field's value: '{name=hostname}'", "caused_by" => {
"type" => "illegal_state_exception", "reason" => "Can't get text on a START_OBJECT at 1:468"
```
Please help on this
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### Author:  [@mbmannubisht](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbmannubisht)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2022, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-host-issue-in-filebeat-7-17-4-without-drop-fields/306890/2 "2022-06-16T07:21:17Z")
I'm not getting any response back from Elasticsearch community also if someone worked before on filebeat configuration please let me know
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-host-issue-in-filebeat-7-17-4-without-drop-fields/306890/3 "2022-06-16T08:17:00Z")
> [@mbmannubisht](#):
>
> `Can't get text on a START_OBJECT`
> [@mbmannubisht](#):
>
> `Preview of field's value: '{name=hostname}'`
Can you check the `/_mapping/host` endpoint in Elasticsearch and see what it gives back? It looks like something has gone wrong there.
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### Author:  [@mbmannubisht](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbmannubisht)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-host-issue-in-filebeat-7-17-4-without-drop-fields/306890/4 "2022-06-17T04:51:43Z")
**Here are few more problems in Filebeat:**
I'm using `output.kafka:` and it never allowed me to send custom host fields inside `filebeat.inputs:` due to this I'm blocked to pass host name.
Second problem, I can ignore host problem but I can't run two YML file in one beat and it send through this ERROR
```auto
Exiting: data path already locked by another beat. Please make sure that multiple beats are not sharing the same data path (path.data).
```
To overcome this problem, I tired to merge two YML file into one using `filebeat.config.inputs:` but it won't work in my case.
below is the module details
```auto
filebeat.config.inputs:
enabled: true
path: inputs.d/*.yml
```
Any suggestion
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-fix-host-issue-in-filebeat-7-17-4-without-drop-fields/306890/5 "2022-07-15T04:51:57Z")
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