# ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'yaml' on execute make update on filebeat **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** filebeat\ **Created:** [January 31, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-yaml-on-execute-make-update-on-filebeat/166636 "2019-01-31T20:28:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gleon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gleon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-yaml-on-execute-make-update-on-filebeat/166636/1 "2019-01-31T20:28:04Z")
Hi everyone I'm experiencing the following error while trying to do make update on filebeat source [administratoruser@linux-centos-7-201901171514 filebeat]$ pwd /home/administratoruser/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat [administratoruser@linux-centos-7-201901171514 filebeat]$ make update mage update Generated fields.yml for filebeat to /home/administratoruser/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat/fields.yml No fields files for module apache2 Generated fields.yml for filebeat to /home/administratoruser/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat/fields.yml > > The index pattern was created under /home/administratoruser/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat/build/kibana/7/index-pattern/filebeat.json > > Building filebeat.yml for linux/amd64 > > Building filebeat.reference.yml for linux/amd64 > > Building filebeat.docker.yml for linux/amd64 > > Generated fields.yml for filebeat to /home/administratoruser/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat/build/fields/fields.all.yml > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/home/administratoruser/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/scripts/generate\_fields\_docs.py", line 5, in > > import yaml > > ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'yaml' > > Error: running "/home/administratoruser/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/build/ve/linux/bin/python /home/administratoruser/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/scripts/generate\_fields\_docs.py build/fields/fields.all.yml filebeat /home/administratoruser/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats --output\_path /home/administratoruser/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/filebeat" failed with exit code 1 > > make: \*\*\* [update] Error 1 > > [administratoruser@linux-centos-7-201901171514 filebeat]$ This is my python installation [administratoruser@linux-centos-7-201901171514 filebeat]$ python -m pip install pyyaml DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 will reach the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 won't be maintained after that date. A future version of pip will drop support for Python 2.7. Requirement already satisfied: pyyaml in /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages (3.10) [administratoruser@linux-centos-7-201901171514 filebeat]$ python --version Python 2.7.5 [administratoruser@linux-centos-7-201901171514 filebeat]$ python3.6 -m pip install pyyaml Requirement already satisfied: pyyaml in /usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages (3.13) [administratoruser@linux-centos-7-201901171514 filebeat]$ python3.6 --version Python 3.6.7 [administratoruser@linux-centos-7-201901171514 filebeat]$ any help will be welcome In the effort of trying to follow this guide: [Contributing to Beats | Beats Developer Guide [master] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/current/beats-contributing.html) i've switched to windows 10 with this configuration C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\filebeat\>python --version Python 3.7.2 C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\filebeat\>go version go version go1.11.5 windows/amd64 C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\filebeat\>virtualenv --version 16.3.0 C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\filebeat\> and i still get: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'yaml' C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\filebeat\>pip install pyyaml Collecting pyyaml Downloading [https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bf/96/d02ef8e1f3073e07ffdc240444e5041f403f29c0775f9f1653f18221082f/PyYAML-3.13-cp37-cp37m-win\_amd64.whl](https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bf/96/d02ef8e1f3073e07ffdc240444e5041f403f29c0775f9f1653f18221082f/PyYAML-3.13-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl) (206kB) 100% |████████████████████████████████| 215kB 3.3MB/s Installing collected packages: pyyaml Successfully installed pyyaml-3.13 C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\filebeat\>make update C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\bin\mage.exe Generated fields.yml for filebeat to C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\filebeat\fields.yml No fields files for module apache2 Generated fields.yml for filebeat to C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\filebeat\fields.yml > > The index pattern was created under C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\filebeat\build\kibana\7\index-pattern\filebeat.json > > Building filebeat.yml for linux/amd64 > > Building filebeat.reference.yml for linux/amd64 > > Building filebeat.docker.yml for linux/amd64 > > Generated fields.yml for filebeat to C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\filebeat\build\fields\fields.all.yml > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\libbeat\scripts\generate\_fields\_docs.py", line 5, in > > import yaml > > ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'yaml' > > Error: running "C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\build\ve\windows\Scripts\python.exe C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\libbeat\scripts\generate\_fields\_docs.py build/fields/fields.all.yml filebeat C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats --output\_path C:\Users\test-user-win-10\go\src\github.com\elastic\beats\filebeat" failed with exit code 1 So eny help would be appreciated ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-yaml-on-execute-make-update-on-filebeat/166636/2 "2019-02-28T20:28:13Z")
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