# Permission denied logstash forwarder : trying to setup filebeat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [July 6, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-logstash-forwarder-trying-to-setup-filebeat/92100 "2017-07-06T12:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![atharvajava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@atharvajava](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/atharvajava)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-logstash-forwarder-trying-to-setup-filebeat/92100/1 "2017-07-06T12:51:00Z")
sudo scp /etc/pki/tls/certs/logstash-forwarder.crt [root@192.168.40.175](mailto:root@192.168.40.175):/etc/pki/tls/certs/ I was trying to setup filebeat on my elk stack but I am getting the the above error scp: /etc/pki/tls/certs//logstash-forwarder.crt: Permission denied also I would like to know Is it necessary to use filebeats or the basic ELK will do the work. Sorry I am new to ELK if some of the above questions seem noobish. ---
**Author:** ![JKhondhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-logstash-forwarder-trying-to-setup-filebeat/92100/2 "2017-07-06T13:13:48Z")
Hi, You will need to check permissions on the dir you are sending to. Depending on what you are looking to ship, you may or may not want to use beats. Also you may want Logstash in the pipeline for enrichment. For reference to aid your choices: [https://www.elastic.co/products/beats](https://www.elastic.co/products/beats) [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/1.1/diff-logstash-beats.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/1.1/diff-logstash-beats.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-logstash-forwarder-trying-to-setup-filebeat/92100/4 "2017-08-04T08:58:15Z")
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