# Metricbeat Error : instance/beat.go:971	Exiting: missing field accessing 'metricbeat.modules.0.hosts.0' (source:'metricbeat.yml'

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error-instance-beat-go-971-exiting-missing-field-accessing-metricbeat-modules-0-hosts-0-source-metricbeat-yml/266520>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, elastic-stack-alerting, metricbeat\
**Created:** [March 8, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error-instance-beat-go-971-exiting-missing-field-accessing-metricbeat-modules-0-hosts-0-source-metricbeat-yml/266520 "2021-03-08T08:27:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error-instance-beat-go-971-exiting-missing-field-accessing-metricbeat-modules-0-hosts-0-source-metricbeat-yml/266520/1 "2021-03-08T08:27:11Z")

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Hi,

I'm trying to deploy metric beat in our environment using helm charts 7.11.2, but the pods are crashing due to below error.

Please help me to fix this issue...

2021-03-08T08:09:50.607Z INFO instance/beat.go:304 Setup Beat: metricbeat; Version: 7.11.2  
2021-03-08T08:09:50.607Z INFO [index-management] idxmgmt/std.go:184 Set output.elasticsearch.index to 'metricbeat-7.11.2' as ILM is enabled.  
2021-03-08T08:09:50.607Z INFO eslegclient/connection.go:99 elasticsearch url: [https://elasticsearch-master:9200](https://elasticsearch-master:9200)  
2021-03-08T08:09:50.607Z WARN [tls] tlscommon/tls\_config.go:93 SSL/TLS verifications disabled.  
2021-03-08T08:09:50.608Z INFO [publisher] pipeline/module.go:113 Beat name: iZ8psddwe6h3zdxqig16i6Z  
2021-03-08T08:09:50.622Z INFO [api] api/server.go:66 Stats endpoint (127.0.0.1:5066) finished: accept tcp 127.0.0.1:5066: use of closed network connection  
2021-03-08T08:09:50.622Z INFO instance/beat.go:437 metricbeat stopped.  
2021-03-08T08:09:50.622Z \*\***ERROR instance/beat.go:971 Exiting: missing field accessing 'metricbeat.modules.0.hosts.0' (source:'metricbeat.yml')**  
**\> Exiting: missing field accessing 'metricbeat.modules.0.hosts.0' (source:'metstrong textricbeat.yml')**

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**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-error-instance-beat-go-971-exiting-missing-field-accessing-metricbeat-modules-0-hosts-0-source-metricbeat-yml/266520/3 "2021-04-05T10:29:56Z")

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