# /usr/lib/graylog-sidecar/filebeat: exec format error (Centos 6)

**URL:** <https://community.graylog.org/t/usr-lib-graylog-sidecar-filebeat-exec-format-error-centos-6/34295>\
**Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\
**Tags:** filebeat-linux\
**Created:** [November 27, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/usr-lib-graylog-sidecar-filebeat-exec-format-error-centos-6/34295 "2024-11-27T10:11:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![vangog9](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/vangog9/32/17427_2.png) [@vangog9](https://community.graylog.org/u/vangog9)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/usr-lib-graylog-sidecar-filebeat-exec-format-error-centos-6/34295/1 "2024-11-27T10:11:32Z")

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**1. Describe your incident:**

The problem is - the sidecar computer is seen in Graylog panel, but has issue

![Graylog 2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/d/cd5ba2f58fa311c87956dd2eb9f26ad173c4846e.png)

**2. Describe your environment:**

- OS Information:  
CentOS 6

- Package Version:  
`rpm -Uvh https://packages.graylog2.org/repo/packages/graylog-sidecar-repository-1-1.noarch.rpm`

- Service logs, configurations, and environment variables:  
sidecar.log from computer  
`level=error msg="[filebeat] Couldn't start validation command: fork/exec /usr/lib/graylog-sidecar/filebeat: exec format error`

**3. What steps have you already taken to try and solve the problem?**  
This was the long installation to the Centos 6.  
I had to try different sidecar versions until I found graylog-sidecar-repository-1-1.  
I created executable “filebeat” file in “/usr/lib/graylog-sidecar” folder with the same permissions as in Centos7, bcs there was issue about “not found file”.  
I added this to whitelist and accesslist in sidecar.yml.

And still I have “Couldn’t start validation command: fork/exec /usr/lib/graylog-sidecar/filebeat: exec format error” problem.

**4. How can the community help?**  
I hope, somebody installed it to CentOS6 and `ll advice me what to do for solving this quest.

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**Author:** ![vangog9](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/vangog9/32/17427_2.png) [@vangog9](https://community.graylog.org/u/vangog9)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/usr-lib-graylog-sidecar-filebeat-exec-format-error-centos-6/34295/2 "2024-12-06T20:47:16Z")

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Nobody knows how to solve issue at CentOS 6??? Rly?

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**Author:** ![Wine\_Merchant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/wine_merchant/32/14596_2.png) [@Wine\_Merchant](https://community.graylog.org/u/Wine_Merchant)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/usr-lib-graylog-sidecar-filebeat-exec-format-error-centos-6/34295/3 "2024-12-09T11:58:35Z")

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Hey @vangog9,

Another user had a similar problem and used 1.0.2 release.

[See here.](https://community.graylog.org/t/installing-graylog-sidecar-on-linux-2-x-rhel-6/32552)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/usr-lib-graylog-sidecar-filebeat-exec-format-error-centos-6/34295/4 "2024-12-23T11:59:03Z")

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