# Need help with setting up Apache2 to monitor the session time on every website

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-with-setting-up-apache2-to-monitor-the-session-time-on-every-website/147145>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 4, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-with-setting-up-apache2-to-monitor-the-session-time-on-every-website/147145 "2018-09-04T05:52:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-with-setting-up-apache2-to-monitor-the-session-time-on-every-website/147145/43 "2018-11-06T00:31:47Z")

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> [@kvch](#):
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> `--path.config` .

it was already there at /etc/filebeat/filebeat.conf

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-with-setting-up-apache2-to-monitor-the-session-time-on-every-website/147145/44 "2018-11-06T11:20:43Z")

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`--path.config` is the folder where the configuration resides. Filebeat looks there for a `filebeat.yml`. If your file is named `filebeat.conf`, you need to set `-c` to tell Filebeat to look for a different filename: `-c filebeat.conf`.

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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:** [December 4, 2018, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/need-help-with-setting-up-apache2-to-monitor-the-session-time-on-every-website/147145/45 "2018-12-04T11:20:45Z")

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