# Some puzzle about filebeat version7.x rpm installation
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-puzzle-about-filebeat-version7-x-rpm-installation/293312
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [January 3, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-puzzle-about-filebeat-version7-x-rpm-installation/293312 "2022-01-03T06:17:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@mmgithub123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mmgithub123)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-puzzle-about-filebeat-version7-x-rpm-installation/293312/1 "2022-01-03T06:17:37Z")
about this topic，there are some discuss before，for example：
> [@\[Filebeat\] Changing filebeat's path for it's configuration module](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-changing-filebeats-path-for-its-configuration-module/236243):
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> Good day, I am currently experiencing a problem to load the system module on filebeat. The system module has been enabled and verified using "filebeat modules list". When I launch filebeat 7.6.2 in publish mode I get the following error: "Not loading modules. Module directory not found: /usr/share/filebeat/bin/module" During launch time, the first line I get is the following: 2020-06-08T17:34:49.831-0500 INFO instance/beat.go:622 Home path: [/usr/share/filebeat/bin] Config path: [/usr/share/…
and
> [@Filebeat configuration module path issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-configuration-module-path-issue/268871):
>
> Dear All, I am trying to follow [this](https://github.com/elastic/examples/tree/master/Exploring%20Public%20Datasets/earthquakes) tutorial here to build a dashboard on some public data sets. However, whenever I tried to run ./filebeat, the following error appeared: 2021-03-31T14:19:44.685+0800 ERROR [modules] fileset/modules.go:131 Not loading modules. Module directory not found: /usr/share/filebeat/bin/module And I have found this post here I see the same info popping up in the terminal, meaning that the path are not configured correctly. 2020-06-08T17:49:34.832-0500…
but，the basic question is ，when we install filebeat use rpm follow this page ：[Filebeat quick start: installation and configuration | Filebeat Reference [7.16] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.16/filebeat-installation-configuration.html) use the command：
curl -L -O [https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-7.16.2-x86\_64.rpm](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/filebeat/filebeat-7.16.2-x86_64.rpm)
sudo rpm -vi filebeat-7.16.2-x86\_64.rpm
the rpm will install a wrapper utils，in /bin directory。but there is nothing about this in our document about directory-layout in [Directory layout | Filebeat Reference [7.16] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.16/directory-layout.html)
so，a lot of people do not know this wrapper exist。
additional，in the quick start document ，see the pic：
the filebeat program here is the /bin/filebeat , but a lot
of people will think it is /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat .
because this two program have the same name，and there is no describe /bin/filebeat in the directory-layou document page [Directory layout | Filebeat Reference [7.16] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/7.16/directory-layout.html)
In summary，i suggest ：
1，in the directory-layou document page add the describe about utils program /bin/filebeat
or
2,change the utils program name，we can call it filebeat-utils,so
people will not puzzle with /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat
3,add some describe in quick start，so the reader will know the filebeat in command line is used /bin/filebeat not /usr/share/filebeat/bin/filebeat
thinks.
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### Author:  [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-puzzle-about-filebeat-version7-x-rpm-installation/293312/2 "2022-01-03T12:27:47Z")
This seems like a valid concern. Do you mind opening an issue on GH? [Sign in to GitHub · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/new)
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### Author:  [@mmgithub123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mmgithub123)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-puzzle-about-filebeat-version7-x-rpm-installation/293312/3 "2022-01-03T12:59:47Z")
OK，I will open an issue on GH:)
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/some-puzzle-about-filebeat-version7-x-rpm-installation/293312/4 "2022-01-31T14:59:52Z")
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