# Winlogbeat can't start the service (Solved)

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-cant-start-the-service-solved/51687
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** winlogbeat
**Created:** [June 2, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-cant-start-the-service-solved/51687 "2016-06-02T13:02:16Z")
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### Author: ![suresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@suresh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suresh)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-cant-start-the-service-solved/51687/6 "2016-06-02T18:10:25Z")

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found the solution:

> [@Winlogbeat TLS Connection to Logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-tls-connection-to-logstash/41905/2):
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> Winlogbeat supports using TLS on the Logstash output. Can you post the configuration that you are using for Winlogbeat and for Logstash. Also, what errors are you seeing?

tls:  
certificate\_authorities: ["C:/ProgramData/winlogbeat/logstash-forwarder.crt"]

when i input the directory path: everything worked.

thank you for your help.

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