# Packetbeat configtest error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-configtest-error/96598
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** packetbeat
**Created:** [August 10, 2017, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-configtest-error/96598 "2017-08-10T11:41:25Z")
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### Author:  [@Jonesthomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonesthomas)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2017, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-configtest-error/96598/1 "2017-08-10T11:41:26Z")
packetbeat configtest error
$ sudo ./packetbeat -configtest -e
packetbeat2017/08/10 11:37:52.442668 beat.go:339: CRIT Exiting: error loading config file: stat packetbeat.yml: no such file or directory
Exiting: error loading config file: stat packetbeat.yml: no such file or directory
1- Im using packetbeat in Ubuntu 16.04 and packetbeat 5.5.0
- Packetbeat home directory is in /usr/share/packetbeat/bin/
- Packetbeat yml is in /etc/packetbeat/packetbeat.yml
2- What command should i use for configtest packetbeat ?
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### Author:  [@Jonesthomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonesthomas)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-configtest-error/96598/2 "2017-08-10T11:44:45Z")
any idea?
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### Author:  [@Jonesthomas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jonesthomas)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-configtest-error/96598/3 "2017-08-10T12:26:45Z")
i solved this issue, this is the command
sudo ./packetbeat -configtest -e -c /etc/packetbeat/packetbeat.yml
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/packetbeat-configtest-error/96598/4 "2017-09-07T12:26:48Z")
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