# Vsphere Module error **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** metricbeat\ **Created:** [April 10, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vsphere-module-error/127545 "2018-04-10T20:16:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dilip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/47e85d/32.png) [@dilip](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dilip)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vsphere-module-error/127545/1 "2018-04-10T20:16:01Z")
Hi, I am getting the below error while running the metricbeat with Vsphere module. 2018/04/10 20:06:36.470992 beat.go:433: INFO Beat UUID: 3287846b-a4e9-49b8-952b-b624ddbf6ba7 2018/04/10 20:06:36.470992 beat.go:192: INFO Setup Beat: metricbeat; Version: 6.0.0 2018/04/10 20:06:36.470992 metrics.go:23: INFO Metrics logging every 30s 2018/04/10 20:06:36.470992 module.go:80: INFO Beat name: MNCONMAP01 2018/04/10 20:06:36.471993 beat.go:260: INFO metricbeat start running. 2018/04/10 20:06:36.471993 cfgwarn.go:11: WARN BETA: Dynamic config reload is enabled. 2018/04/10 20:06:36.471993 reload.go:128: INFO Config reloader started 2018/04/10 20:06:46.475824 system\_windows.go:35: INFO Metricbeat process and system info: {"OSVersion":{"Major":6,"Minor":2,"Build":9200},"Arch":"amd64","NumCPU":2,"User":{"SID":"S-1-5-21-1801674531-776561741-682003330-218172","Account":"e nPrimaryTokenPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeBackupPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeChangeNotifyPrivilege":{"enabled\_by\_default":true,"enabled":true},"SeCreateGlobalPrivilege":{"enabled\_by\_default":true,"enabled":true},"SeCreatePagefilePriv ,"SeEnableDelegationPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeImpersonatePrivilege":{"enabled\_by\_default":true,"enabled":true},"SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeLoadDriverPrivilege":{ "SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeRestorePrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeSecurityPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeShutdownPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeSystemEnvironmentPr ed":false},"SeSystemtimePrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeTcbPrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeTimeZonePrivilege":{"enabled":false},"SeUndockPrivilege":{"enabled":false}}} 2018/04/10 20:06:46.477824 system\_windows.go:67: INFO SeDebugPrivilege is now enabled. SeDebugPrivilege=(Enabled) 2018/04/10 20:06:46.477824 cfgwarn.go:23: WARN EXPERIMENTAL: The vsphere datastore metricset is experimental 2018/04/10 20:06:46.478823 cfgwarn.go:23: WARN EXPERIMENTAL: The vsphere host metricset is experimental 2018/04/10 20:06:46.478823 cfgwarn.go:23: WARN EXPERIMENTAL: The vsphere virtualmachine metricset is experimental 2018/04/10 20:06:46.478823 reload.go:207: ERR Unable to create runner due to error: 1 error: 3 errors: Post [mncovc.net](http://mncovc.net): unsupported protocol scheme ""; Post [mncovc.net](http://mncovc.net): unsupported protocol scheme ""; Post mncovc 2018/04/10 20:06:46.479823 reload.go:259: INFO Starting 2 runners ... 2018/04/10 20:06:56.482687 cfgwarn.go:23: WARN EXPERIMENTAL: The vsphere datastore metricset is experimental 2018/04/10 20:06:56.482687 cfgwarn.go:23: WARN EXPERIMENTAL: The vsphere host metricset is experimental 2018/04/10 20:06:56.482687 cfgwarn.go:23: WARN EXPERIMENTAL: The vsphere virtualmachine metricset is experimental 2018/04/10 20:06:56.482687 reload.go:207: ERR Unable to create runner due to error: 1 error: 3 errors: Post [mncovc.net](http://mncovc.net): unsupported protocol scheme ""; Post [mncovc.net](http://mncovc.net): unsupported protocol scheme ""; Post mncovc 2018/04/10 20:07:06.472522 metrics.go:39: INFO Non-zero metrics in the last 30s: beat.memstats.gc\_next=4609536 beat.memstats.memory\_alloc=2435880 beat.memstats.memory\_total=11007952 libbeat.config.module.running=2 libbeat.config.module.sta libbeat.output.events.batches=4 libbeat.output.events.total=17 libbeat.output.read.bytes=24 libbeat.output.type=logstash libbeat.output.write.bytes=2686 libbeat.pipeline.clients=2 libbeat.pipeline.events.active=0 libbeat.pipeline.events.p events.total=17 libbeat.pipeline.queue.acked=17 metricbeat.system.cpu.events=1 metricbeat.system.cpu.success=1 metricbeat.system.filesystem.events=3 metricbeat.system.filesystem.success=3 metricbeat.system.fsstat.events=1 metricbeat.system t.system.memory.success=1 metricbeat.system.process.events=10 metricbeat.system.process.success=10 metricbeat.system.process\_summary.events=1 metricbeat.system.process\_summary.success=1 My Config looks like this. - module: vsphere metricsets: ["datastore", "host", "virtualmachine"] period: 10s hosts: ["[mncovc.net](http://mncovc.net)"] ---
**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:** [April 11, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vsphere-module-error/127545/2 "2018-04-11T07:51:31Z")
Could you try to add `http://` or `https://` do your host? Also I wonder if it should have the path `/sdk` added to it. Our default is `hosts: ["https://localhost/sdk"]` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/vsphere-module-error/127545/3 "2018-05-09T07:51:34Z")
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