# Issues with starting Filebeat 7.9.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [May 5, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-starting-filebeat-7-9-1/272215 "2021-05-05T16:28:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OtienoC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@OtienoC](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/OtienoC)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-starting-filebeat-7-9-1/272215/1 "2021-05-05T16:28:11Z")
Having issues starting filebeat installed in RHEL8 . Error is related to kibana wanting permissions. Output error is below: Last login: Tue Apr 27 14:39:31 2021 from 10.147.4.244 # ausearch -c 'filebeat' --raw | audit2allow -M my-filebeat # semodule -X 300 -i my-filebeat.pp ## May 03 16:51:51 fdslv25003 setroubleshoot[500834]: AnalyzeThread.run(): Set alarm timeout to 10 May 03 16:52:07 fdslv25003 sedispatch[1111]: AVC Message for setroubleshoot, dropping message May 03 16:52:19 fdslv25003 sedispatch[1111]: AVC Message for setroubleshoot, dropping message May 03 16:54:03 fdslv25003 subscription-manager[501002]: Added subscription for 'Content Access' contract 'None' May 03 16:54:03 fdslv25003 subscription-manager[501002]: Added subscription for product ' Content Access' May 03 16:54:09 fdslv25003 crontab[501033]: (root) LIST (root) May 03 16:54:09 fdslv25003 puppet-agent[500910]: Applied catalog in 8.78 seconds May 03 16:54:34 fdslv25003 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Runs filebeat daemon... -- Subject: Unit filebeat.service has begun start-up -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: [Red Hat Customer Experience & Engagement | Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/support) ## -- Unit filebeat.service has begun starting up. May 03 16:54:34 fdslv25003 filebeat[501061]: Starting Filebeat : USER=jboss May 03 16:54:34 fdslv25003 filebeat[501061]: PID\_FILE=/var/run/filebeat/filebeat.pid May 03 16:54:34 fdslv25003 filebeat[501061]: DAEMON=/u0/CTP\_NG/apps/filebeat/current/filebeat May 03 16:54:34 fdslv25003 filebeat[501061]: LOG=/u0/CTP\_NG/apps/filebeat/logs/filebeat.log May 03 16:54:34 fdslv25003 dbus-daemon[1164]: [system] Activating service name='org.fedoraproject.Setroubleshootd' requested by ':1.7' (uid=0 pid=1111 comm="/usr/sbin/sedispatch " label="s\> May 03 16:54:34 fdslv25003 runuser[501074]: pam\_unix(runuser:session): session opened for user jboss by (uid=0) May 03 16:54:34 fdslv25003 dbus-daemon[501078]: [system] Failed to reset fd limit before activating service: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: Failed to restore old fd limit: Operat\> May 03 16:54:34 fdslv25003 runuser[501074]: pam\_unix(runuser:session): session closed for user jboss May 03 16:54:35 fdslv25003 dbus-daemon[1164]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.fedoraproject.Setroubleshootd' May 03 16:54:36 fdslv25003 filebeat[501061]: [OK] May 03 16:54:36 fdslv25003 systemd[1]: filebeat.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=3 May 03 16:54:36 fdslv25003 systemd[1]: filebeat.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. -- Subject: Unit failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: [Red Hat Customer Experience & Engagement | Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/support) ## -- The unit filebeat.service has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'. May 03 16:54:36 fdslv25003 systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Runs filebeat daemon. -- Subject: Unit filebeat.service has failed -- Defined-By: systemd -- Support: [Red Hat Customer Experience & Engagement | Red Hat Customer Portal](https://access.redhat.com/support) ## -- Unit filebeat.service has failed. -- The result is failed. May 03 16:54:36 fdslv25003 setroubleshoot[501078]: AnalyzeThread.run(): Cancel pending alarm May 03 16:54:36 fdslv25003 sedispatch[1111]: AVC Message for setroubleshoot, dropping message May 03 16:54:36 fdslv25003 sedispatch[1111]: AVC Message for setroubleshoot, dropping message May 03 16:54:36 fdslv25003 sedispatch[1111]: AVC Message for setroubleshoot, dropping message May 03 16:54:36 fdslv25003 setroubleshoot[501078]: failed to retrieve rpm info for /u0/CTP\_NG/apps/filebeat/logs/filebeat.log Finishing logfile... (interrupt to abort) ---
**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:** [May 6, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-starting-filebeat-7-9-1/272215/2 "2021-05-06T00:11:33Z")
Welcome to our community! 😃 Please format your code/logs/config using the `` button, or markdown style back ticks. It helps to make things easy to read which helps us help you 🙂 I can't see anything in there about Kibana. Can you check `/var/log/filebeat/` for any other logs? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issues-with-starting-filebeat-7-9-1/272215/3 "2021-06-03T02:11:44Z")
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