# How to install on Pfsense

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-on-pfsense/105672>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [October 29, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-on-pfsense/105672 "2017-10-29T17:16:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![YoLoster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@YoLoster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YoLoster)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-on-pfsense/105672/1 "2017-10-29T17:16:37Z")

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Hi there,

I want to start using my Pfsense box to get logs to a ELK instance. I'm following this tutorial: [https://blog.reboost.net/suricata-on-pfsense-to-elk-stack/](https://blog.reboost.net/suricata-on-pfsense-to-elk-stack/)

It states that I need to download the latest build (with the according sha1 hash) from: [https://beats-nightlies.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=filebeat/](https://beats-nightlies.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?prefix=filebeat/)

However, it seems that there are no builds in that directory (does contain builds for heartbeat and auditbeat). Can someone point me to the correct build servers?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-on-pfsense/105672/2 "2017-10-29T19:57:33Z")

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FYI we’ve renamed ELK to the Elastic Stack, otherwise Beats and APM feel left out! 😉

What OS is this for?

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**Author:** ![YoLoster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@YoLoster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YoLoster)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-on-pfsense/105672/3 "2017-10-29T20:38:13Z")

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Sorry, quite new to the whole thing. I want to use my Pfsense box, which runs a version of FreeBSD.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-on-pfsense/105672/4 "2017-10-29T20:39:46Z")

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No worries!

In that case you should be able to just grab the tar.gz from [https://www.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat), extract that and then use it 🙂

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**Author:** ![YoLoster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8e8cbc/32.png) [@YoLoster](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/YoLoster)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-on-pfsense/105672/5 "2017-10-29T20:40:34Z")

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Thanks! Ill try this out in the next couple of days and will get back to you. Anything specific I should look out for?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-on-pfsense/105672/6 "2017-10-29T20:48:05Z")

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The tar.gz doesn't come with an init/service file, that's the downside.

You could convert an rpm/deb to the pkg it normally uses, but that's well outside my experience sorry.

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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:** [November 19, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-on-pfsense/105672/7 "2017-11-19T17:16:37Z")

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