# Unable to GenerateCustomBeat with Git Bash on Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [January 22, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-generatecustombeat-with-git-bash-on-windows/215974 "2020-01-22T03:05:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mint-M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@Mint-M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mint-M)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-generatecustombeat-with-git-bash-on-windows/215974/1 "2020-01-22T03:05:56Z")
I have followed all steps of the official guide bellow to generate a custom beat. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/current/newbeat-generate.html#newbeat-generate](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/devguide/current/newbeat-generate.html#newbeat-generate) It works on CentOS8 ,however I met a few problems on Windows. Git 2.25.0 ,Python 2.7.17 ,go 1.13.5 and virtualenv 16.7.9 were installed on this Windows laptop. I fixed the first problem of the wrong directory format myself by editing beats\generator\common\beatgen\setup\setup.go. Line 100: "git archive --remote "+beatPath+" HEAD | tar -x --exclude=x-pack -C "+vendorPath) should be replaced with "git archive --remote '"+beatPath+"' HEAD | tar -x --exclude=x-pack -C "+vendorPath). $ mage GenerateCustomBeat 2020/01/22 10:10:04 Found Elastic Beats dir at D:\go\src\[github.com](http://github.com)\elastic\beats Enter the beat name [examplebeat]: Enter your github name [your-github-name]: Enter the beat path [[github.com/your-github-name/examplebeat](http://github.com/your-github-name/examplebeat)]: Enter your full name [Firstname Lastname]: Enter the beat type [beat]: fatal: sent error to the client: git upload-archive: archiver died with error remote: fatal: 'D:gosrcgithub.comelasticbeats' does not appear to be a git repository remote: git upload-archive: archiver died with error tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors Error: error running git archive: running "sh -c git archive --remote D:\go\src\[github.com](http://github.com)\elastic\beats HEAD | tar -x --exclude=x-pack -C vendor\[github.com](http://github.com)\elastic\beats" failed with exit code 2 Nevertheless, it caused some loops after running 'mage GenerateCustomBeat' again. The output kept showing "Found Elastic Beats dir at C:\Users\beats\go\src\[github.com](http://github.com)\your-github-name\examplebeat\vendor\[github.com](http://github.com)\elastic\beats". Unfortunately, I didn't find any useful message which could help resolve this problem. It can also be reproduced on a fresh installed Windows computer. beats@DESKTOP-T5E96U8 MINGW64 ~/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats (master) $ mage -debug GenerateCustomBeat DEBUG: 10:30:28.377736 getting all non-mage files in . DEBUG: 10:30:28.555476 found non-mage files DEBUG: 10:30:28.555476 getting all files plus mage files DEBUG: 10:30:28.886081 time to scan for Magefiles: 508.3452ms DEBUG: 10:30:28.886081 found magefiles: magefile.go DEBUG: 10:30:29.033354 output exe is C:\Users\beats\magefile\e3fea17945c6cebfb332d4aa149fcb540de3c7f3.exe DEBUG: 10:30:29.164922 go build cache exists, will ignore any compiled binary DEBUG: 10:30:29.164922 parsing files DEBUG: 10:30:29.166134 found target AddLicenseHeaders DEBUG: 10:30:29.166134 found target CheckLicenseHeaders DEBUG: 10:30:29.166134 found target DumpVariables DEBUG: 10:30:29.166134 found target Fmt DEBUG: 10:30:29.166134 found target GenerateCustomBeat DEBUG: 10:30:29.166134 found target PackageBeatDashboards DEBUG: 10:30:29.166134 time parse Magefiles: 1.1523ms DEBUG: 10:30:29.166241 Creating mainfile at mage\_output\_file.go DEBUG: 10:30:29.166442 writing new file at mage\_output\_file.go DEBUG: 10:30:29.169910 compiling to C:\Users\beats\magefile\e3fea17945c6cebfb332d4aa149fcb540de3c7f3.exe DEBUG: 10:30:29.169910 compiling using gocmd: go DEBUG: 10:30:29.517677 running go build -o C:\Users\beats\magefile\e3fea17945c6cebfb332d4aa149fcb540de3c7f3.exe magefile.go mage\_output\_file.go DEBUG: 10:30:30.660657 time to compile Magefile: 1.1290491s DEBUG: 10:30:30.660804 running binary C:\Users\beats\magefile\e3fea17945c6cebfb332d4aa149fcb540de3c7f3.exe DEBUG: 10:30:30.660804 running magefile with mage vars: MAGEFILE\_DEBUG=1 MAGEFILE\_GOCMD=go 2020/01/22 10:30:30 Found Elastic Beats dir at C:\Users\beats\go\src\[github.com](http://github.com)\elastic\beats Enter the beat name [examplebeat]: Enter your github name [your-github-name]: Enter the beat path [[github.com/your-github-name/examplebeat](http://github.com/your-github-name/examplebeat)]: Enter your full name [Firstname Lastname]: Enter the beat type [beat]: You have uncommited changes in elastic/beats. Running CopyVendor running in dev mode, elastic/beats will be copied into the vendor directory with cp DEBUG: 10:31:05.434840 getting all non-mage files in . DEBUG: 10:31:06.824772 found non-mage files main.go DEBUG: 10:31:06.824772 marked file as non-mage: "main.go" DEBUG: 10:31:06.824772 getting all files plus mage files DEBUG: 10:31:07.556151 time to scan for Magefiles: 2.1213114s DEBUG: 10:31:07.556151 found magefiles: magefile.go DEBUG: 10:31:07.708800 output exe is C:\Users\beats\magefile\7f339464e19330127d1e4d10c963fc90c91870d6.exe DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 go build cache exists, will ignore any compiled binary DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 parsing files DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target Build DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target BuildGoDaemon DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target Check DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target Clean DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target Config DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target CrossBuild DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target Fields DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target Fmt DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target GolangCrossBuild DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target Package DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target Test DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target Update DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 found target VendorUpdate DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 time parse Magefiles: 0s DEBUG: 10:31:07.858847 Creating mainfile at mage\_output\_file.go DEBUG: 10:31:07.859787 writing new file at mage\_output\_file.go DEBUG: 10:31:07.862983 compiling to C:\Users\beats\magefile\7f339464e19330127d1e4d10c963fc90c91870d6.exe DEBUG: 10:31:07.862983 compiling using gocmd: go DEBUG: 10:31:08.232689 running go build -o C:\Users\beats\magefile\7f339464e19330127d1e4d10c963fc90c91870d6.exe magefile.go mage\_output\_file.go DEBUG: 10:31:09.383308 time to compile Magefile: 1.1342371s DEBUG: 10:31:09.383640 running binary C:\Users\beats\magefile\7f339464e19330127d1e4d10c963fc90c91870d6.exe DEBUG: 10:31:09.383640 running magefile with mage vars: MAGEFILE\_DEBUG=1 MAGEFILE\_GOCMD=go MAGEFILE\_DEBUG=1 MAGEFILE\_GOCMD=go 2020/01/22 10:31:09 Found Elastic Beats dir at C:\Users\beats\go\src\[github.com](http://github.com)\your-github-name\examplebeat\vendor\[github.com](http://github.com)\elastic\beats DEBUG: 10:31:09.849543 getting all non-mage files in . DEBUG: 10:31:10.568216 found non-mage files main.go DEBUG: 10:31:10.568216 marked file as non-mage: "main.go" DEBUG: 10:31:10.568216 getting all files plus mage files DEBUG: 10:31:11.293979 time to scan for Magefiles: 1.444436s DEBUG: 10:31:11.293979 found magefiles: magefile.go DEBUG: 10:31:11.461685 output exe is C:\Users\beats\magefile\7f339464e19330127d1e4d10c963fc90c91870d6.exe DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 go build cache exists, will ignore any compiled binary DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 parsing files DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target Build DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target BuildGoDaemon DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target Check DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target Clean DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target Config DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target CrossBuild DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target Fields DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target Fmt DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target GolangCrossBuild DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target Package DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target Test DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target Update DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 found target VendorUpdate DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 time parse Magefiles: 0s DEBUG: 10:31:11.615653 Creating mainfile at mage\_output\_file.go DEBUG: 10:31:11.616593 writing new file at mage\_output\_file.go DEBUG: 10:31:11.618614 compiling to C:\Users\beats\magefile\7f339464e19330127d1e4d10c963fc90c91870d6.exe DEBUG: 10:31:11.618614 compiling using gocmd: go DEBUG: 10:31:11.959351 running go build -o C:\Users\beats\magefile\7f339464e19330127d1e4d10c963fc90c91870d6.exe magefile.go mage\_output\_file.go DEBUG: 10:31:13.051396 time to compile Magefile: 1.0751484s DEBUG: 10:31:13.051396 running binary C:\Users\beats\magefile\7f339464e19330127d1e4d10c963fc90c91870d6.exe DEBUG: 10:31:13.051396 running magefile with mage vars: MAGEFILE\_DEBUG=1 MAGEFILE\_GOCMD=go MAGEFILE\_DEBUG=1 MAGEFILE\_GOCMD=go ---
**Author:** ![jsoriano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsoriano/32/27920_2.png) [@jsoriano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsoriano)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-generatecustombeat-with-git-bash-on-windows/215974/2 "2020-01-23T18:24:29Z")
Hey @Mint-M, welcome to discuss 🙂 ```auto remote: fatal: 'D:gosrcgithub.comelasticbeats' does not appear to be a git repository ``` This looks like a string where the backslashes are not being correctly escaped, it actually looks like a bug. Could you please open a [new issue](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/new?template=bug-report.md)? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![111191](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/111191/32/51649_2.png) [@111191](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111191)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-generatecustombeat-with-git-bash-on-windows/215974/3 "2020-02-06T16:25:58Z")
Hi @jsoriano, we encountered the exact same issue. Is there a bug opened? In addition, is there a known work around we could use? ---
**Author:** ![Mint-M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@Mint-M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mint-M)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-generatecustombeat-with-git-bash-on-windows/215974/4 "2020-02-24T11:23:29Z")
> [@Mint-M](#): > > beats\generator\common\beatgen\setup\setup.go Thanks for your reply. It can be fixed by editting 'beats\generator\common\beatgen\setup\setup.go' as I mentioned above. However,I was stucked at ' "Found Elastic Beats dir at C:\Users\beats\go\src[github.com]([http://github.com/](http://github.com/))\your-github-name\examplebeat\vendor[github.com]([http://github.com/](http://github.com/))\elastic\beats"' which kept showing after that fix. The documentation of beats doesn't mention whether it is officially supported to generate custom beats on Beats and I haven't seen successful examples of generating beats on windows. Is it possible for you to confirm if it can be reproduced by the elastic team and generating beats on windows will be supported? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-generatecustombeat-with-git-bash-on-windows/215974/5 "2020-03-23T13:23:39Z")
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