# Missing /config file and yml files after new installation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-config-file-and-yml-files-after-new-installation/138954>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 6, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-config-file-and-yml-files-after-new-installation/138954 "2018-07-06T16:34:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bamptini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@bamptini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bamptini)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-config-file-and-yml-files-after-new-installation/138954/1 "2018-07-06T16:34:40Z")

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Hi,

I know very little about all this stuff. Im trying to learn form scratch and after a long drawn out day of installing the products logstash, elasticsearch and kibana. I am now stuck. Maybe this is not an issue but I have a missing folder /config. I am looking to configure the yml files to setup a sample.conf file to send windows events into logstash, then elasticsearch. I read in on of the many websites I have visited along the way, that there are some files in /config that need to be edited. But I cannot locate a config folder or any of the yml files that are supposed to be within this folder. Have I not installed something ? Do I need to run something to create these folders ?

Thanks

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**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:** [July 7, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-config-file-and-yml-files-after-new-installation/138954/2 "2018-07-07T07:29:40Z")

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What OS are you on and how did you install Logstash, if you can link us to the instructions you followed it would be awesome 🙂

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**Author:** ![bamptini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a4c791/32.png) [@bamptini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bamptini)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-config-file-and-yml-files-after-new-installation/138954/3 "2018-07-09T14:25:05Z")

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Hi Mark,

Not sure if you have received an earlier reply but I think I may not have sent it.

I have ubuntu 14.01 as the OS and I installed the products using a youtube video with is as follows, check out 10min 30 secs into the video. I followed those steps.

[https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=opensearch&p=logstash%2C+elasticsearch+kibana+install#id=3&vid=647e7f57048a0d784f58f05309e59f52&action=click](https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=opensearch&p=logstash%2C+elasticsearch+kibana+install#id=3&vid=647e7f57048a0d784f58f05309e59f52&action=click)

Thanks

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**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:** [July 9, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-config-file-and-yml-files-after-new-installation/138954/4 "2018-07-09T20:22:24Z")

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I would suggest you follow [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/current/index.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/current/index.html)

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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 6, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-config-file-and-yml-files-after-new-installation/138954/5 "2018-08-06T20:22:25Z")

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