# Inputs error journald

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inputs-error-journald/299804>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 16, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inputs-error-journald/299804 "2022-03-16T00:27:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gyrops](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gyrops/32/102525_2.png) [@Gyrops](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gyrops)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inputs-error-journald/299804/1 "2022-03-16T00:27:57Z")

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log

```auto
Exiting: Failed to start crawler: starting input failed: Error 
while initializing input: Error creating input. No such input type 
exist: 'journald'

```

filebeat version 8.1.0

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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:** [March 21, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inputs-error-journald/299804/2 "2022-03-21T15:49:56Z")

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Relates to [Filebeat fails with journald input · Issue #30919 · elastic/beats · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/30919).

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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:** [April 18, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inputs-error-journald/299804/3 "2022-04-18T17:50:00Z")

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