# Problem with filebeat.yml

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [June 1, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144 "2018-06-01T06:09:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/1 "2018-06-01T06:09:51Z")

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hi there,  
I am trying to send logs from filebeat to logstash.As stated in the yml file i have commented the elasticsearch output and uncommented the one for logstash but i happen to get this error:

PS C:\Program Files\Filebeat\> ./filebeat -e -c filebeat.yml -d "elasticsearch"  
filebeat2018/06/01 06:01:16.905020 beat.go:339: CRIT Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 92: did not find expected key  
Exiting: error loading config file: yaml: line 92: did not find expected key  
PS C:\Program Files\Filebeat\>

 ![Screenshot%20(59)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/1/c1013e9ad155b2d28d8b87ba480cf6f49db6ea8c.png)

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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:** [June 1, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/2 "2018-06-01T06:21:04Z")

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Could you please share your config as a text formatted using `</>`? It makes it easier for us to check your config.

My guess based on the screenshot is that the indentation of `output.logstash` is not correct. But it's very hard to tell without seeing the full configuration idendented as it's done in your config file.

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**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/3 "2018-06-01T06:40:48Z")

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```
----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------
 output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
 hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

```

hi,  
is this fine ?

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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:** [June 1, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/4 "2018-06-01T07:00:22Z")

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I get a different error for this snippet you provided:

```auto
 Exiting: error initializing publisher: No outputs are defined. Please define one under the output section.

```

This could be eliminated with the following:

```auto
output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
 hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

```

However, I still need to see your full configuration. If it contains sensitive data, just change it to `x` or something else.

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**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/5 "2018-06-01T07:15:59Z")

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hi Noemi,  
including \</\> on everyline would take lot of time.is there any other way i could send you the config file? probably mail you ?

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**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/6 "2018-06-01T07:19:47Z")

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> kvch [https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch) Noémi Ványi  
> [https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch) Elastic Team Member  
> June 1
> 
> I get a different error for this snippet you provided:
> 
> Exiting: error initializing publisher: No outputs are defined. Please define one under the output section.
> 
> This could be eliminated with the following:
> 
> output.logstash:
> 
> # The Logstash hosts
> 
> hosts: ["localhost:5044"]
> 
> ## However, I still need to see your full configuration. If it contains sensitive data, just change it to x or something else.
> 
> ## Visit Topic [https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/4](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/4) or reply to this email to respond.
> 
> ## In Reply To Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis [https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saketh\_chandra\_kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saketh_chandra_kolis) Saketh Chandra Kolisetty [https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saketh\_chandra\_kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saketh_chandra_kolis) June 1 ----------------------------- Logstash output -------------------------------- output.logstash: # The Logstash hosts hosts: ["localhost:5044"] hi, is this fine ?
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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:** [June 1, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/7 "2018-06-01T07:19:53Z")

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I am not sure I understand your problem. You don't need to do it for every line. You can highlight everything and click on \</\>. If it's not working for you, you could paste your config to Pastebin: [https://pastebin.com/](https://pastebin.com/)

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**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/8 "2018-06-01T07:21:26Z")

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```
###################### Filebeat Configuration Example #########################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The filebeat.full.yml file from the same directory contains all the
# supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/index.html

#=========================== Filebeat prospectors =============================

filebeat.prospectors:

# Each - is a prospector. Most options can be set at the prospector level, so
# you can use different prospectors for various configurations.
# Below are the prospector specific configurations.

- input_type: log

  # Paths that should be crawled and fetched. Glob based paths.
  paths:
    - C:\Users\Mahe\Desktop\intership\apache.log
    
    #- c:\programdata\elasticsearch\logs\*

  # Exclude lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It drops the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #exclude_lines: ["^DBG"]

  # Include lines. A list of regular expressions to match. It exports the lines that are
  # matching any regular expression from the list.
  #include_lines: ["^ERR", "^WARN"]

  # Exclude files. A list of regular expressions to match. Filebeat drops the files that
  # are matching any regular expression from the list. By default, no files are dropped.
  #exclude_files: [".gz$"]

  # Optional additional fields. These field can be freely picked
  # to add additional information to the crawled log files for filtering
  #fields:
  # level: debug
  # review: 1

  ### Multiline options

  # Mutiline can be used for log messages spanning multiple lines. This is common
  # for Java Stack Traces or C-Line Continuation

  # The regexp Pattern that has to be matched. The example pattern matches all lines starting with [
  #multiline.pattern: ^\[

  # Defines if the pattern set under pattern should be negated or not. Default is false.
  #multiline.negate: false

  # Match can be set to "after" or "before". It is used to define if lines should be append to a pattern
  # that was (not) matched before or after or as long as a pattern is not matched based on negate.
  # Note: After is the equivalent to previous and before is the equivalent to to next in Logstash
  #multiline.match: after

#================================ General =====================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
#name:

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
# env: staging

#================================ Outputs =====================================

# Configure what outputs to use when sending the data collected by the beat.
# Multiple outputs may be used.

#-------------------------- Elasticsearch output ------------------------------
#output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
 # hosts: ["localhost:9200"]
 

  # Optional protocol and basic auth credentials.
  #protocol: "https"
  #username: "elastic"
  #password: "changeme"

#----------------------------- Logstash output --------------------------------
output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
 hosts: ["localhost:5044"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

#================================ Logging =====================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: critical, error, warning, info, debug
#logging.level: debug

# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]
```

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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:** [June 1, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/9 "2018-06-01T08:36:45Z")

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What's the version of Filebeat you are running?

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**Author:** ![harshbajaj16](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/harshbajaj16/32/44970_2.png) [@harshbajaj16](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/harshbajaj16)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/10 "2018-06-01T08:51:23Z")

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Hi,

It looks like the problem is with indentation in your file with SSL lines.

**Your Config:**  
# Optional SSL. By default is off.  
# List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications  
#ssl.certificate\_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]  
# Certificate for SSL client authentication  
#ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"  
# Client Certificate Key  
#ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

Please add one more space between # and SSL in you all line like below and restart the service.

**TRY this:**  
# Optional SSL. By default is off.  
# List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications  
# ssl.certificate\_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]  
# Certificate for SSL client authentication  
# ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"  
# Client Certificate Key  
# ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

Please do let me know if you are still getting this error.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/11 "2018-06-01T16:07:13Z")

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hi Harsh,  
It works now !!!! how did u figure it out ?

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**Author:** ![Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Saketh\_Chandra\_Kolis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Saketh_Chandra_Kolis)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/12 "2018-06-01T16:10:20Z")

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hi,  
i am using 5.4.1 .

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**Post date:** [June 4, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/13 "2018-06-04T03:30:04Z")

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Hi,

I just copy your config file in my environment and reproduce this issue and found that there is some indentation problem.

Below is the link of filebeat documentation about indentations.  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/yaml-tips.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/yaml-tips.html)

Regards,

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**Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml/134144/14 "2018-07-02T03:30:09Z")

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