# How to run filebeat without Kibana? **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [July 9, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-filebeat-without-kibana/139087 "2018-07-09T06:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wahyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wahyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wahyu)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-filebeat-without-kibana/139087/1 "2018-07-09T06:15:37Z")
Hello Dear, I would like to run filebeat. But it always asks Kibana. Could i run filebeat setup without Kibana ? This is the error. [![](https://i.imgur.com/35Yzq3S.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/35Yzq3S.png) ---
**Author:** ![Wahyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wahyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wahyu)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-filebeat-without-kibana/139087/2 "2018-07-09T10:02:54Z")
I have given comment to filebeat.yml especially "#setup.kiban" ---
**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:** [July 9, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-filebeat-without-kibana/139087/3 "2018-07-09T18:26:22Z")
If you aren't going to use the dashboards then just skip the setup command completely. When Filebeat first connects to Elasticsearch it will setup the index template for you. You can run `filebeat setup -h` to see that it has additional flags such as `--template` or `--pipelines` for limiting the scope of the setup. ---
**Author:** ![Wahyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wahyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wahyu)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-filebeat-without-kibana/139087/4 "2018-07-11T01:26:39Z")
Hello I have followed your step to `filebeat setup -h` and then i gave command `filebeat setup --template` after that i did `service filebeat start` and the feedback was `Config is OK`. When i check `service filebeat status`, filebeat is not running. [![](https://i.imgur.com/SWboSPf.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/SWboSPf.png) Should i downgrade to other Filebeat version ? ---
**Author:** ![Wahyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wahyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wahyu)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-filebeat-without-kibana/139087/5 "2018-07-11T02:37:41Z")
Solved. I decided to follow these steps [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/6.3/filebeat-configuration.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/6.3/filebeat-configuration.html) I don't use modules anymore, just pointing paths to exact log path (example : apache2 -\> /var/log/access.log) ---
**Author:** ![nandan\_bigdata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f07891/32.png) [@nandan\_bigdata](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nandan_bigdata)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-filebeat-without-kibana/139087/6 "2018-07-11T02:38:18Z")
please check filebeat log in /var/log/filebeat and provide us. Yes for your question, yes if you are using default template then no need to setup kibana host details and later you can use from elasticsearch . ---
**Author:** ![Wahyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wahyu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wahyu)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-filebeat-without-kibana/139087/7 "2018-07-11T02:45:36Z")
Here's [![](https://i.imgur.com/2zaFqCP.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/2zaFqCP.png) Filebeat is running and give me the report when i typed `filebeat -e -c filebeat.yml` or `filebeat -e` only should be enough. So, i don't follow this step `filebeat setup -e` on this link [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-module-apache2.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-module-apache2.html). I think that step is loading the default settings (Kibana, Elasticsearch and Filebeat). And, the next thread i would make, How could Graylog2 receive input from filebeat harvest ? 🙂 i read forum and i notice GELF can be implemented. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-filebeat-without-kibana/139087/8 "2018-08-08T02:45:38Z")
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