# Multiple beats are not sharing the same data path

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-are-not-sharing-the-same-data-path/305280>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [May 20, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-are-not-sharing-the-same-data-path/305280 "2022-05-20T10:54:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rajesh119](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rajesh119](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rajesh119)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-are-not-sharing-the-same-data-path/305280/1 "2022-05-20T10:54:32Z")

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Iam new to ELK. Can You please anyone help regarding this issue.

> filebeat -e -c /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml

```auto
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-05-20T10:43:40.450Z","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":685},"message":"Home path: [/usr/share/filebeat] Config path: [/etc/filebeat] Data path: [/var/lib/filebeat] Logs path: [/var/log/filebeat]","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-05-20T10:43:40.450Z","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":693},"message":"Beat ID: a985c9e2-fd39-42dd-9b1d-6c45a4629a2b","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"info","@timestamp":"2022-05-20T10:43:40.454Z","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":424},"message":"filebeat stopped.","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
{"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2022-05-20T10:43:40.454Z","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1038},"message":"Exiting: data path already locked by another beat. Please make sure that multiple beats are not sharing the same data path (path.data).","service.name":"filebeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
Exiting: data path already locked by another beat. Please make sure that multiple beats are not sharing the same data path (path.data).

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Please help me.

Thanks in Advance

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**Author:** ![ibra\_013](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ibra_013/32/104827_2.png) [@ibra\_013](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ibra_013)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-are-not-sharing-the-same-data-path/305280/2 "2022-05-20T11:00:15Z")

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Hi @Rajesh119

Please do not open multiple topics for the same issue.

> [@Help me in configure filebeat index](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/help-me-in-configure-filebeat-index/305253/3):
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> @ibra_013 Thank you It shows like this sudo service filebeat status Output: filebeat-god (pid 3695) is running...

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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:** [June 17, 2022, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-beats-are-not-sharing-the-same-data-path/305280/3 "2022-06-17T13:00:25Z")

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