# The filebeat service failed to start due to the following error: The pipe has been ended

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-filebeat-service-failed-to-start-due-to-the-following-error-the-pipe-has-been-ended/112139>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [December 18, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-filebeat-service-failed-to-start-due-to-the-following-error-the-pipe-has-been-ended/112139 "2017-12-18T03:44:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![jogoinar10](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jogoinar10/32/20068_2.png) [@jogoinar10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jogoinar10)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-filebeat-service-failed-to-start-due-to-the-following-error-the-pipe-has-been-ended/112139/1 "2017-12-18T03:44:10Z")

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I installed filebeat on windows pc.  
Upon checking on the event viewer, I got an error which is:

The filebeat service failed to start due to the following error:  
The pipe has been ended.

I also search in the internet the cause of this issue, unfortunately, I can't find one.

Someone could help me?

Thanks in advance. 🙂

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**Author:** ![ruflin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ruflin/32/3116_2.png) [@ruflin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ruflin)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-filebeat-service-failed-to-start-due-to-the-following-error-the-pipe-has-been-ended/112139/2 "2017-12-19T05:21:43Z")

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Please share your filebeat version, config and logs.

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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:** [January 16, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-filebeat-service-failed-to-start-due-to-the-following-error-the-pipe-has-been-ended/112139/3 "2018-01-16T05:34:03Z")

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