# Missing packetbeat.yml file /etc/packetbeat **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Observability\ **Created:** [January 3, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-packetbeat-yml-file-etc-packetbeat/350340 "2024-01-03T21:03:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ACodingfreak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/acodingfreak/32/130511_2.png) [@ACodingfreak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ACodingfreak)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-packetbeat-yml-file-etc-packetbeat/350340/1 "2024-01-03T21:03:45Z")
Hi All, I am trying to install packetbeat in my ubuntu 22.04 machine following the instructions shared in > **[Packetbeat quick start: installation and configuration | Packetbeat Reference...](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/current/packetbeat-installation-configuration.html)** As shown in below logs, /etc/packetbeat is empty and I dont see the default template of packetbeat.yml file. Any pointers would be of great help. ```auto test@mm310:~$ cd Elastic/ test@mm310:~/Elastic$ curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/packetbeat/packetbeat-8.11.3-amd64.deb % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 32.4M 100 32.4M 0 0 9879k 0 0:00:03 0:00:03 --:--:-- 9882k test@mm310:~/Elastic$ test@mm310:~/Elastic$ test@mm310:~/Elastic$ sudo dpkg -i packetbeat-8.11.3-amd64.deb Selecting previously unselected package packetbeat. (Reading database ... 208493 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack packetbeat-8.11.3-amd64.deb ... Unpacking packetbeat (8.11.3) ... Setting up packetbeat (8.11.3) ... test@mm310:~/Elastic$ test@mm310:~/Elastic$ test@mm310:~/Elastic$ ls -al /etc/packetbeat/ total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 3 12:59 . drwxr-xr-x 132 root root 12288 Jan 3 12:59 .. test@mm310:~/Elastic$ test@mm310:~/Elastic$ ls -al /usr/share/pack package-data-downloads/ packetbeat/ test@mm310:~/Elastic$ ls -al /usr/share/packetbeat/ total 2844 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Jan 3 12:59 . drwxr-xr-x 244 root root 12288 Jan 3 12:59 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 3 12:59 bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41 Dec 8 02:40 .build_hash.txt drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 3 12:59 kibana -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13675 Dec 8 02:08 LICENSE.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2861222 Dec 8 02:08 NOTICE.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 844 Dec 8 02:40 README.md ``` ---
**Author:** ![ACodingfreak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/acodingfreak/32/130511_2.png) [@ACodingfreak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ACodingfreak)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-packetbeat-yml-file-etc-packetbeat/350340/2 "2024-01-04T14:38:52Z")
In case of filebeats I dont see any issue with the filebeat.yml file when i try installing filebeat via deb package as shown in below logs. ```auto test@mm310:~/Elastic$ cd fb/ test@mm310:~/Elastic/fb$ ls test@mm310:~/Elastic/fb$ test@mm310:~/Elastic/fb$ test@mm310:~/Elastic/fb$ curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-8.11.3-amd64.deb % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 47.8M 100 47.8M 0 0 9309k 0 0:00:05 0:00:05 --:--:-- 10.7M test@mm310:~/Elastic/fb$ sudo dpkg -i filebeat-8.11.3-amd64.deb [sudo] password for test: Selecting previously unselected package filebeat. (Reading database ... 208561 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack filebeat-8.11.3-amd64.deb ... Unpacking filebeat (8.11.3) ... Setting up filebeat (8.11.3) ... test@mm310:~/Elastic/fb$ test@mm310:~/Elastic/fb$ test@mm310:~/Elastic/fb$ cd /etc/filebeat/ test@mm310:/etc/filebeat$ ls fields.yml filebeat.reference.yml filebeat.yml modules.d test@mm310:/etc/filebeat$ test@mm310:/etc/filebeat$ ```