# Module doesn't exist (but it does) **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** beats-module, filebeat\ **Created:** [September 11, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-doesnt-exist-but-it-does/199116 "2019-09-11T17:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Justin\_Doles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/justin_doles/32/40730_2.png) [@Justin\_Doles](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Doles)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-doesnt-exist-but-it-does/199116/1 "2019-09-11T17:59:03Z")
Hi, While trying to configure filebeat modules, I keep getting "module doesn't exist". It doesn't matter which module I try. Also the "filebeat modules list" command doesn't any modules. The service does run without issue though. sudo /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat modules enable elasticsearch Error initializing beat: error loading config file: stat filebeat.yml: no such file or directory ``` sudo /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat modules enable elasticsearch -c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml Module elasticsearch doesn't exist! ls -l /usr/share/filebeat/module/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 51 Sep 11 13:04 apache drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 24 Sep 11 13:04 apache2 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 35 Sep 11 13:04 auditd drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 63 Sep 11 13:04 cisco drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 52 Sep 11 13:04 coredns drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 95 Sep 11 13:04 elasticsearch drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 52 Sep 11 13:04 envoyproxy drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 21 Sep 11 13:04 googlecloud drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 35 Sep 11 13:04 haproxy drwxr-xr-x. 5 root root 64 Sep 11 13:04 icinga drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 33 Sep 11 13:04 iis drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 52 Sep 11 13:04 iptables drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 35 Sep 11 13:04 kafka drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 35 Sep 11 13:04 kibana drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 50 Sep 11 13:04 logstash drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 35 Sep 11 13:04 mongodb drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 17 Sep 11 13:04 mssql drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 52 Sep 11 13:04 mysql drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 35 Sep 11 13:04 nats drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 17 Sep 11 13:04 netflow drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 51 Sep 11 13:04 nginx drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 38 Sep 11 13:04 osquery drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 54 Sep 11 13:04 panw drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 35 Sep 11 13:04 postgresql drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 17 Sep 11 13:04 rabbitmq drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 50 Sep 11 13:04 redis drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 35 Sep 11 13:04 santa drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 52 Sep 11 13:04 suricata drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 50 Sep 11 13:04 system drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 38 Sep 11 13:04 traefik drwxr-xr-x. 8 root root 147 Sep 11 13:04 zeek ``` This happening on multiple CentOS installations. I used the repo ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/7.3/setup-repositories.html#\_yum](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/7.3/setup-repositories.html#_yum)) to install filebeat. I haven't tried using the rpm installation yet. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Doles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/justin_doles/32/40730_2.png) [@Justin\_Doles](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Doles)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-doesnt-exist-but-it-does/199116/2 "2019-09-11T18:38:05Z")
If I rename /etc/filebeat/modules.d/elasticsearch.yml.disabled to elasticsearch.yml - the module loads as expected. I'm still not sure why the filebeat modules enable and filebeat modules list commands don't work. ---
**Author:** ![Ryne\_Keel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ryne_keel/32/42827_2.png) [@Ryne\_Keel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ryne_Keel)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-doesnt-exist-but-it-does/199116/3 "2019-09-11T19:24:30Z")
> [@Justin\_Doles](#): > > sudo /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat modules enable elasticsearch -c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml This doesn't work for me either. If you installed it with yum then you should be able to simply type ``` filebeat modules enable elasticsearch filebeat modules list ``` ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Doles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/justin_doles/32/40730_2.png) [@Justin\_Doles](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Justin_Doles)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-doesnt-exist-but-it-does/199116/4 "2019-09-12T19:14:21Z")
That does work. Odd that I can't call it with the full path. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/module-doesnt-exist-but-it-does/199116/5 "2019-10-10T19:14:28Z")
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