# Newly set up elastic agent does not gather anything

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newly-set-up-elastic-agent-does-not-gather-anything/320257>\
**Category:** Elastic Agent\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 1, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newly-set-up-elastic-agent-does-not-gather-anything/320257 "2022-12-01T14:41:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![SirMuffington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@SirMuffington](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SirMuffington)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newly-set-up-elastic-agent-does-not-gather-anything/320257/1 "2022-12-01T14:41:56Z")

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I newly setup my Elastic Agent with Fleet. I clicked thru the interface and it always can't read the logs, variables etc...

Is this normal for a new setup or did I mess something up from the start?

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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 29, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newly-set-up-elastic-agent-does-not-gather-anything/320257/2 "2022-12-29T14:41:57Z")

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