# My filebeat start occur error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-filebeat-start-occur-error/304188
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [May 8, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-filebeat-start-occur-error/304188 "2022-05-08T12:21:32Z")
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### Author:  [@zhanghao116560](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhanghao116560)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-filebeat-start-occur-error/304188/1 "2022-05-08T12:21:32Z")
Here is my configuration information:
```auto
processors:
- add_host_metadata: ~
- add_cloud_metadata: ~
- drop_fields:
fields: ["beat"]
```
I want to add a filter to remove the beat attribute, However, a startup error occurs after the drop\_fields filter is added.The following is an error message
```auto
2022-05-08T20:16:22.126+0800 INFO instance/beat.go:611 Home path: [/Users/zhanghao/software/filebeat-6.8.6-darwin-x86_64] Config path: [/Users/zhanghao/software/filebeat-6.8.6-darwin-x86_64] Data path: [/Users/zhanghao/software/filebeat-6.8.6-darwin-x86_64/data] Logs path: [/Users/zhanghao/software/filebeat-6.8.6-darwin-x86_64/logs]
2022-05-08T20:16:22.129+0800 INFO instance/beat.go:618 Beat UUID: 9663eb85-bcf7-4a87-b183-d354d067711a
2022-05-08T20:16:22.130+0800 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:931 Beat info {"system_info": {"beat": {"path": {"config": "/Users/zhanghao/software/filebeat-6.8.6-darwin-x86_64", "data": "/Users/zhanghao/software/filebeat-6.8.6-darwin-x86_64/data", "home": "/Users/zhanghao/software/filebeat-6.8.6-darwin-x86_64", "logs": "/Users/zhanghao/software/filebeat-6.8.6-darwin-x86_64/logs"}, "type": "filebeat", "uuid": "9663eb85-bcf7-4a87-b183-d354d067711a"}}}
2022-05-08T20:16:22.130+0800 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:940 Build info {"system_info": {"build": {"commit": "4fa63eb23a94bf23650023317bdff335c4705fc2", "libbeat": "6.8.6", "time": "2019-12-13T16:14:30.000Z", "version": "6.8.6"}}}
2022-05-08T20:16:22.130+0800 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:943 Go runtime info {"system_info": {"go": {"os":"darwin","arch":"amd64","max_procs":8,"version":"go1.10.8"}}}
2022-05-08T20:16:22.134+0800 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:947 Host info {"system_info": {"host": {"architecture":"x86_64","boot_time":"2022-05-08T09:04:29.71666+08:00","name":"zhanghaodeMacBook-Pro.local","ip":["127.0.0.1/8","::1/128","fe80::1/64","fe80::aede:48ff:fe00:1122/64","fe80::c3b:2f22:8602:592a/64","192.168.31.163/24","fe80::dc04:80ff:fed1:2d4/64","fe80::dc04:80ff:fed1:2d4/64","fe80::5990:474b:fab0:1a60/64","fe80::867c:48d4:1117:3a8d/64","fe80::ce81:b1c:bd2c:69e/64"],"kernel_version":"21.3.0","mac":["ac:de:48:00:11:22","78:4f:43:88:fa:90","82:88:56:20:b8:04","82:88:56:20:b8:05","82:88:56:20:b8:00","82:88:56:20:b8:01","00:e0:4c:6b:0e:39","82:88:56:20:b8:00","0a:4f:43:88:fa:90","de:04:80:d1:02:d4","de:04:80:d1:02:d4","6e:5f:a9:00:ad:9e","7a:4f:43:88:3f:64","32:8c:e9:dc:02:02","96:80:da:68:c7:8f"],"os":{"family":"darwin","platform":"darwin","name":"macOS","version":"12.2.1","major":12,"minor":2,"patch":1,"build":"21D62"},"timezone":"CST","timezone_offset_sec":28800,"id":"404F0891-68C0-5458-A074-D70293F0C184"}}}
2022-05-08T20:16:22.134+0800 INFO [beat] instance/beat.go:976 Process info {"system_info": {"process": {"cwd": "/Users/zhanghao/software/filebeat-6.8.6-darwin-x86_64", "exe": "./filebeat", "name": "filebeat", "pid": 3448, "ppid": 3446, "start_time": "2022-05-08T20:16:21.964+0800"}}}
2022-05-08T20:16:22.134+0800 INFO instance/beat.go:280 Setup Beat: filebeat; Version: 6.8.6
2022-05-08T20:16:22.136+0800 INFO instance/beat.go:359 filebeat stopped.
2022-05-08T20:16:22.136+0800 ERROR instance/beat.go:906 Exiting: error initializing publisher: error initializing processors: each processor needs to have exactly one action, but found 2 actions
Exiting: error initializing publisher: error initializing processors: each processor needs to have exactly one action, but found 2 actions
```
I don't know why
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### Author:  [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/my-filebeat-start-occur-error/304188/2 "2022-05-08T14:47:29Z")
> [@zhanghao116560](#):
>
> ```auto
> processors:
> - add_host_metadata: ~
> - add_cloud_metadata: ~
> - drop_fields:
> fields: ["beat"]
>
> ```
Hi @zhanghao116560 Bad Syntax / indentation
```auto
processors:
- add_host_metadata: ~
- add_cloud_metadata: ~
- drop_fields:
fields: ["beat"]