# Missing elastic-agent.yml

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-elastic-agent-yml/256739>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring, filebeat\
**Created:** [November 26, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-elastic-agent-yml/256739 "2020-11-26T08:33:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![hermlam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@hermlam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hermlam)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-elastic-agent-yml/256739/1 "2020-11-26T08:33:31Z")

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Hi,  
For installing Elastic Agent it is recommended now to use the tarball (Linux) version instead of the deb version. So I did on my Ubuntu server.  
But when running the install command to enroll to Fleet I am getting the following error:  
could not read configuration file /etc/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.yml: open /etc/elastic-agent/elastic-agent.yml: no such file or directory

Thanks,  
Herman

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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:** [December 24, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-elastic-agent-yml/256739/2 "2020-12-24T10:33:50Z")

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