# How to install Filebeat on a ARM based SBC (eg. Raspberry Pi 3)
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-filebeat-on-a-arm-based-sbc-eg-raspberry-pi-3/103670
**Category:** Beats
**Created:** [October 12, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-filebeat-on-a-arm-based-sbc-eg-raspberry-pi-3/103670 "2017-10-12T07:39:41Z")
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Poulsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter_Poulsen)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-filebeat-on-a-arm-based-sbc-eg-raspberry-pi-3/103670/1 "2017-10-12T07:39:41Z")
I have read through several threads, forums, and guides. But have not succeded in getting filebeat running on a arm based single board computer.
This link do not seem to work anymore:
[https://beats-nightlies.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=jenkins/filebeat/1268-625bd02cb57e7140800e76131e9ac1977772fb62/244](https://beats-nightlies.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=jenkins/filebeat/1268-625bd02cb57e7140800e76131e9ac1977772fb62/244)
I have tried to build it myself but so far no succes.
Please advice....
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### Author:  [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-filebeat-on-a-arm-based-sbc-eg-raspberry-pi-3/103670/2 "2017-10-12T14:20:04Z")
Perhaps try an older nightly build? These are bleeding edge, and so may not always work. I know I got an older build (month or 2 ago) to work on an Espressobin, which uses a similar 64-bit ARM chip as the RPi3.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Poulsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter_Poulsen)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-filebeat-on-a-arm-based-sbc-eg-raspberry-pi-3/103670/3 "2017-10-12T15:58:26Z")
Thanks for your reply. Do you have a link to a previous version. Havn't been able to find any.
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### Author:  [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-filebeat-on-a-arm-based-sbc-eg-raspberry-pi-3/103670/4 "2017-10-12T16:15:01Z")
@Peter_Poulsen There are no releases or packages generated for ARM. But you can build a binary yourself from one of the release tags. Here's an example using a docker environment to cross-compile for ARM.
```auto
macbook$ mkdir filebeat-arm-bin && cd filebeat-arm-bin
macbook$ docker run -it --rm -v `pwd`:/build golang:1.8.3 /bin/bash
root@1465b1675279:/go# go get github.com/elastic/beats
package github.com/elastic/beats: no buildable Go source files in /go/src/github.com/elastic/beats
root@1465b1675279:/go# cd /go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat/
root@1465b1675279:/go# git checkout v5.6.3
root@1465b1675279:/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat# GOARCH=arm go build
root@1465b1675279:/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat# cp filebeat /build
root@1465b1675279:/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat# exit
exit
macbook$ file filebeat
filebeat: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, EABI5 version 1 (SYSV), statically linked, not stripped
```
Now you can download the linux tar.gz file from the website and replace the filebeat binary with the one you just built for ARM.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Poulsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter_Poulsen)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-filebeat-on-a-arm-based-sbc-eg-raspberry-pi-3/103670/5 "2017-10-12T17:14:09Z")
Thanks for the reply.....I will give it a try....
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2017, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-filebeat-on-a-arm-based-sbc-eg-raspberry-pi-3/103670/6 "2017-11-02T07:39:46Z")
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