# Metricbeat / Filebeat blocked by Gatekeeper on macOS Catalina

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-filebeat-blocked-by-gatekeeper-on-macos-catalina/243279>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat, metricbeat\
**Created:** [July 30, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-filebeat-blocked-by-gatekeeper-on-macos-catalina/243279 "2020-07-30T20:01:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![djune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@djune](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djune)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-filebeat-blocked-by-gatekeeper-on-macos-catalina/243279/1 "2020-07-30T20:01:34Z")

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Attempting to upgrade from 7.6.2 to 7.8.0 (or 7.8.1) and running into issues with Gatekeeper blocking metricbeat and filebeat from loading on boot. Both are able to launch manually with ./metricbeat -e and ./filebeat -e with a sudo command, but will not on boot with LaunchDaemons plists.

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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:** [August 27, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-filebeat-blocked-by-gatekeeper-on-macos-catalina/243279/2 "2020-08-27T22:01:40Z")

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