# Winlogbeat/filebeat not sending data to elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-filebeat-not-sending-data-to-elasticsearch/339135>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, filebeat\
**Created:** [July 24, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-filebeat-not-sending-data-to-elasticsearch/339135 "2023-07-24T21:24:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Nirmal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nirmal/32/123815_2.png) [@Nirmal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nirmal)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-filebeat-not-sending-data-to-elasticsearch/339135/1 "2023-07-24T21:24:20Z")

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I am getting error when I run this command for winlogbeat

```auto
.\winlogbeat.exe setup -e

```

and for filebeat

```auto
filebeat setup -e

```

error massage

```auto
{"log.level":"error","@timestamp":"2023-07-24T22:08:16.309+0100","log.origin":{"file.name":"instance/beat.go","file.line":1274},"message":"Exiting: error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Kibana: Error importing directory C:\\Program Files\\Winlogbeat\\kibana: failed to import Kibana index pattern: 1 error: error loading index pattern: returned 408 to import file: Request Time-out: %!w(<nil>). Response: {\"statusCode\":408,\"error\":\"Request Time-out\",\"message\":\"Request Time-out\"}","service.name":"winlogbeat","ecs.version":"1.6.0"}
Exiting: error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Kibana: Error importing directory C:\Program Files\Winlogbeat\kibana: failed to import Kibana index pattern: 1 error: error loading index pattern: returned 408 to import file: Request Time-out: %!w(<nil>). Response: {"statusCode":408,"error":"Request Time-out","message":"Request Time-out"}

```

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**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:** [August 1, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-filebeat-not-sending-data-to-elasticsearch/339135/2 "2023-08-01T09:25:02Z")

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Hey @Nirmal, welcome to discuss 🙂

Are you connecting to Kibana through some proxy that can be limiting your connection?

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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:** [August 29, 2023, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/winlogbeat-filebeat-not-sending-data-to-elasticsearch/339135/3 "2023-08-29T11:25:44Z")

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