# YAML config parsing failed on /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml: yaml:

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaml-config-parsing-failed-on-etc-filebeat-filebeat-yml-yaml/63316>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [October 18, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaml-config-parsing-failed-on-etc-filebeat-filebeat-yml-yaml/63316 "2016-10-18T18:25:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gurram\_Vinay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gurram\_Vinay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gurram_Vinay)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaml-config-parsing-failed-on-etc-filebeat-filebeat-yml-yaml/63316/1 "2016-10-18T18:25:19Z")

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Loading config file error: YAML config parsing failed on /etc/filebeat/filebeat.yml: yaml:  
line 15: found a tab character that violate indentation. Exiting. ...fail!

Sorry , I could able to understand what to change....Please help me out this.  
I have followed as per manual but still it was showing above error.

-Thanks advance

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaml-config-parsing-failed-on-etc-filebeat-filebeat-yml-yaml/63316/2 "2016-10-18T19:42:30Z")

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[YAML forbids tabs](http://www.yaml.org/faq.html). So search for tab characters (`\t`) and replace them with spaces.

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**Author:** ![Gurram\_Vinay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gurram\_Vinay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Gurram_Vinay)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaml-config-parsing-failed-on-etc-filebeat-filebeat-yml-yaml/63316/3 "2016-10-21T15:31:05Z")

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Thank you very much Mr.Andrewkroh , It looks small mistake, I should have tried it.

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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:** [November 8, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yaml-config-parsing-failed-on-etc-filebeat-filebeat-yml-yaml/63316/4 "2016-11-08T18:25:30Z")

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