Winlogbeat Starts then Stops - Server 2016

In the log is the following error message:

2020-06-28T22:46:03.550-0700 INFO [monitoring] log/log.go:131 Stopping metrics logging.
2020-06-28T22:46:03.550-0700 INFO instance/beat.go:460 winlogbeat stopped.
2020-06-28T22:46:03.570-0700 ERROR instance/beat.go:958 Exiting: Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Kibana: Error importing URL/file: Failed to unzip the archive: C:\Windows\TEMP\tmp404231103/10.101.10.200:5601: zip: not a valid zip file

While the directory exists, no such file does.

hi @minorsatellite, how does your winlogbeat.yml look like? Please remove any sensitive info before providing it.

Hi-

Thanks for your reply. Please see below.

###################### Winlogbeat Configuration Example ########################

# This file is an example configuration file highlighting only the most common
# options. The winlogbeat.reference.yml file from the same directory contains
# all the supported options with more comments. You can use it as a reference.
#
# You can find the full configuration reference here:
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/winlogbeat/index.html

# ======================== Winlogbeat specific options =========================

# event_logs specifies a list of event logs to monitor as well as any
# accompanying options. The YAML data type of event_logs is a list of
# dictionaries.
#
# The supported keys are name (required), tags, fields, fields_under_root,
# forwarded, ignore_older, level, event_id, provider, and include_xml. Please
# visit the documentation for the complete details of each option.
# https://go.es.io/WinlogbeatConfig

winlogbeat.event_logs:
  - name: Application
    provider: 
      - Application Error
      - Application Hang
      - Windows Error Reporting
      - EMET
      - DiskQuota
      - GroupPolicy
      - iDrac Service Module
      - MsiInstaller
      - VSS
      - Microsoft-Windows-Backup
      - Microsoft-Windows-User Profiles General
      - Microsoft-Windows-Winlogin
    ignore_older: 72h
    include_xml: true

  - name: System
    include_xml: true

  - name: Security
    processors:
      - script:
          lang: javascript
          id: security
          file: ${path.home}/module/security/config/winlogbeat-security.js
    level: critical, error, warning
    include_xml: true

  - name: Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
    processors:
      - script:
          lang: javascript
          id: sysmon
          file: ${path.home}/module/sysmon/config/winlogbeat-sysmon.js

  - name: ForwardedEvents
    tags: [forwarded]
    processors:
      - script:
          when.equals.winlog.channel: Security
          lang: javascript
          id: security
          file: ${path.home}/module/security/config/winlogbeat-security.js
      - script:
          when.equals.winlog.channel: Microsoft-Windows-Sysmon/Operational
          lang: javascript
          id: sysmon
          file: ${path.home}/module/sysmon/config/winlogbeat-sysmon.js
  - name: DFS Replication
    include_xml: true
    
  - name: Directory Service
    include_xml: true
    
  - name: DNS Server
    include_xml: true
    
  - name: Hardware Events
    include_xml: true
# ====================== Elasticsearch template settings =======================

setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  #index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false


# ================================== General ===================================

# The name of the shipper that publishes the network data. It can be used to group
# all the transactions sent by a single shipper in the web interface.
name: myhost

# The tags of the shipper are included in their own field with each
# transaction published.
#tags: ["service-X", "web-tier"]

# Optional fields that you can specify to add additional information to the
# output.
#fields:
#  env: staging

# ================================= Dashboards =================================
# These settings control loading the sample dashboards to the Kibana index. Loading
# the dashboards is disabled by default and can be enabled either by setting the
# options here or by using the `setup` command.
setup.dashboards.enabled: true

# The URL from where to download the dashboards archive. By default this URL
# has a value which is computed based on the Beat name and version. For released
# versions, this URL points to the dashboard archive on the artifacts.elastic.co
# website.
setup.dashboards.url: "http://0.0.0.0:5601"

# =================================== Kibana ===================================

# Starting with Beats version 6.0.0, the dashboards are loaded via the Kibana API.
# This requires a Kibana endpoint configuration.
setup.kibana:

  # Kibana Host
  # Scheme and port can be left out and will be set to the default (http and 5601)
  # In case you specify and additional path, the scheme is required: http://localhost:5601/path
  # IPv6 addresses should always be defined as: https://[2001:db8::1]:5601
  host: "http://0.0.0.0:5601"

  # Kibana Space ID
  # ID of the Kibana Space into which the dashboards should be loaded. By default,
  # the Default Space will be used.
  space.id: my-space-id

# =============================== Elastic Cloud ================================

# These settings simplify using Winlogbeat with the Elastic Cloud (https://cloud.elastic.co/).

# The cloud.id setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.hosts` and
# `setup.kibana.host` options.
# You can find the `cloud.id` in the Elastic Cloud web UI.
#cloud.id:

# The cloud.auth setting overwrites the `output.elasticsearch.username` and
# `output.elasticsearch.password` settings. The format is `<user>:<pass>`.
#cloud.auth:

# ================================== Outputs ===================================

# Configure what output to use when sending the data collected by the beat.

# ---------------------------- Elasticsearch Output ----------------------------
#output.elasticsearch:
  # Array of hosts to connect to.
  #hosts: ["localhost:9200"]

  # Protocol - either `http` (default) or `https`.
  #protocol: "https"

  # Authentication credentials - either API key or username/password.
  #api_key: "id:api_key"
  #username: "elastic"
  #password: "changeme"

# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
output.logstash:
  # The Logstash hosts
  hosts: ["0.0.0.0:5044"]

  # Optional SSL. By default is off.
  # List of root certificates for HTTPS server verifications
  #ssl.certificate_authorities: ["/etc/pki/root/ca.pem"]

  # Certificate for SSL client authentication
  #ssl.certificate: "/etc/pki/client/cert.pem"

  # Client Certificate Key
  #ssl.key: "/etc/pki/client/cert.key"

# ================================= Processors =================================
processors:
  - add_host_metadata:
      when.not.contains.tags: forwarded
  - add_cloud_metadata: ~

# ================================== Logging ===================================

# Sets log level. The default log level is info.
# Available log levels are: error, warning, info, debug
logging.to_files: true
logging.files:
  path: C:\Program Files\Winlogbeat\Logs
logging.level: info
# At debug level, you can selectively enable logging only for some components.
# To enable all selectors use ["*"]. Examples of other selectors are "beat",
# "publish", "service".
#logging.selectors: ["*"]

# ============================= X-Pack Monitoring ==============================
# Winlogbeat can export internal metrics to a central Elasticsearch monitoring
# cluster.  This requires xpack monitoring to be enabled in Elasticsearch.  The
# reporting is disabled by default.

# Set to true to enable the monitoring reporter.
#monitoring.enabled: false

# Sets the UUID of the Elasticsearch cluster under which monitoring data for this
# Winlogbeat instance will appear in the Stack Monitoring UI. If output.elasticsearch
# is enabled, the UUID is derived from the Elasticsearch cluster referenced by output.elasticsearch.
#monitoring.cluster_uuid:

# Uncomment to send the metrics to Elasticsearch. Most settings from the
# Elasticsearch output are accepted here as well.
# Note that the settings should point to your Elasticsearch *monitoring* cluster.
# Any setting that is not set is automatically inherited from the Elasticsearch
# output configuration, so if you have the Elasticsearch output configured such
# that it is pointing to your Elasticsearch monitoring cluster, you can simply
# uncomment the following line.
#monitoring.elasticsearch:

# ================================= Migration ==================================

# This allows to enable 6.7 migration aliases
#migration.6_to_7.enabled: true

Running the command interactively shows this additional logging info:

.\winlogbeat.exe -c winlogbeat.yml -e -v -d "*"

2020-06-29T10:42:27.640-0700 ERROR instance/beat.go:958 Exiting: Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Kibana: Error importing URL/file: Failed to unzip the
archive: C:\Users\my_user\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp008764139/0.0.0.0:5601: zip: not a valid zip file
Exiting: Error importing Kibana dashboards: fail to import the dashboards in Kibana: Error importing URL/file: Failed to unzip the archive: C:\Users\my_user\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp008764139/0.0.0.0:5601: zip: not a valid zip file

I see no files by that name under this directory.

Any thoughts Mariana?

@minorsatellite, are you trying to import any local custom dashboards?
You have set:
setup.dashboards.url: "http://0.0.0.0:5601"
inside your config file so Winlogbeat tried to download the dashboard archive from the specified URL instead of the local folder.
Can you comment that out and retry starting windogbeat?

Hi, that was the idea. I have ELK running on a single VM, and I substituted the real IP address with quad zeros (in order to sanitize by config file). Do you still recommend that I comment that line out?

After I made the change I now see visualizations under Winlogbeat Overview Dashboard, but all of the others still error out. See the attached graphics.Screen Shot 2020-06-30 at 4.17.47 PM

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