# Unable to start auditbeat daemon process

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-auditbeat-daemon-process/133670>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** auditbeat\
**Created:** [May 29, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-auditbeat-daemon-process/133670 "2018-05-29T11:59:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![vitt-bagal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vitt-bagal/32/26941_2.png) [@vitt-bagal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vitt-bagal)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-auditbeat-daemon-process/133670/1 "2018-05-29T11:59:19Z")

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Able to built auditbeat on ubuntu 16.04 container & used default **auditbeat.yml** to start auditbeat daemon process. But unable to start it.

**_sudo ./auditbeat -e -c auditbeat.yml -d "publish" &_** command is failing with below error

**_Exiting: 1 error: 1 error: failed to create audit client: failed to get audit status: failed sending request: connection refuse_**

Anyone faced this issue before if yes please help me out.

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-auditbeat-daemon-process/133670/2 "2018-05-29T20:23:34Z")

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> [@vitt-bagal](#):
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> Able to built auditbeat on ubuntu 16.04 container

So you built Auditbeat from source? There are official container images available at [https://www.docker.elastic.co/](https://www.docker.elastic.co/). And documentation for running Auditbeat in a container at [Running Auditbeat on Docker | Auditbeat Reference [6.2] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/auditbeat/6.2/running-on-docker.html). It requires some capabilities and to be in the host's PID namespace.

```auto
docker run --cap-add=AUDIT_CONTROL,AUDIT_READ --pid=host docker.elastic.co/beats/auditbeat:6.2.4

```

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**Author:** ![vitt-bagal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vitt-bagal/32/26941_2.png) [@vitt-bagal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vitt-bagal)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-auditbeat-daemon-process/133670/3 "2018-06-01T05:38:16Z")

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Thanks... It worked.

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 5:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-auditbeat-daemon-process/133670/4 "2022-11-04T05:24:22Z")

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