# Syslog harvesting: Exiting: Error while initializing input: No paths were defined for input accessing config

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-harvesting-exiting-error-while-initializing-input-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/198846>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [September 10, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-harvesting-exiting-error-while-initializing-input-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/198846 "2019-09-10T08:27:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![stozik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stozik/32/53822_2.png) [@stozik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stozik)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-harvesting-exiting-error-while-initializing-input-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/198846/1 "2019-09-10T08:27:07Z")

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Hi,  
I am configuring syslog harvesting for the first time and I get this error and the filebeat exits:

2019-09-10T11:12:17.635+0300 ERROR instance/beat.go:877 Exiting: Error while initializing input: No paths were defined for input accessing config

I didn't find any topics on this error for syslog only for log files.

Help will be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/syslog-harvesting-exiting-error-while-initializing-input-no-paths-were-defined-for-input-accessing-config/198846/2 "2019-10-08T08:27:08Z")

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