# Unable to start filebeat for apache logs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-filebeat-for-apache-logs/268094>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [March 23, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-filebeat-for-apache-logs/268094 "2021-03-23T12:33:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-start-filebeat-for-apache-logs/268094/8 "2021-03-24T14:08:08Z")

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Try single qoutes for the paths see [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-with-filebeat-yml-file-on-windows/167154).

We should have remembered that.

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