# Please Help Newbie with default auditbeat YML did not find expected key?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-help-newbie-with-default-auditbeat-yml-did-not-find-expected-key/250101
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** auditbeat
**Created:** [September 27, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-help-newbie-with-default-auditbeat-yml-did-not-find-expected-key/250101 "2020-09-27T18:40:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@tonysue](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tonysue)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-help-newbie-with-default-auditbeat-yml-did-not-find-expected-key/250101/1 "2020-09-27T18:40:20Z")
Default auditbeat YML has the following error prevented from setup and execute.
PS C:\Program Files\auditbeat\> ./auditbeat setup
./auditbeat -e
./auditbeat : Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 102: did not find expected key
At line:1 char:1
- ./auditbeat setup
-
```auto
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (Exiting: error ...nd expected key:String) [], RemoteException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
```
./auditbeat : Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 102: did not find expected key
At line:2 char:1
- ./auditbeat -e
-
```auto
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (Exiting: error ...nd expected key:String) [], RemoteException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
```
LINE 102 is bolded with below. Why default YML has problem?. Please help
# ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
output.elasticsearch:
# Array of hosts to connect to. -------------- LIne 102
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### Author:  [@borna\_talebi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/borna_talebi)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-help-newbie-with-default-auditbeat-yml-did-not-find-expected-key/250101/2 "2020-09-27T21:18:31Z")
Hi Tony,
Could you send the full auditbeat.yml configuration? it would be much easier to troubleshoot.
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### Author:  [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-help-newbie-with-default-auditbeat-yml-did-not-find-expected-key/250101/3 "2020-09-27T22:05:40Z")
And please format the yml with the ``above
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### Author:  [@tonysue](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tonysue)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-help-newbie-with-default-auditbeat-yml-did-not-find-expected-key/250101/4 "2020-09-28T01:00:04Z")
Borna - thanks. Solved to the wrong elastic:password. Thanks again
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### Author:  [@tonysue](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tonysue)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-help-newbie-with-default-auditbeat-yml-did-not-find-expected-key/250101/5 "2020-09-28T01:00:57Z")
Stephenb - Solved to the wrong elastic:password. Thanks again
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### Author:  [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-help-newbie-with-default-auditbeat-yml-did-not-find-expected-key/250101/6 "2020-09-28T01:11:19Z")
Those pesky passwords 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/please-help-newbie-with-default-auditbeat-yml-did-not-find-expected-key/250101/7 "2020-10-26T03:11:28Z")
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