From 625aa094500f92a8d8afc8b8f07979175eac1188 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tudor Golubenco Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:43:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Document known issue in 6.4.0 (#8108) * Document known issue in 6.4.0 Documents the known issue and the workaround for #8104. * Addressed comments (cherry picked from commit 3555b29bde364fbd6002da5ff371f04c4d680601) --- CHANGELOG.asciidoc | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc index c45dce5b6de0..a7fcf5f6a60a 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc +++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc @@ -122,6 +122,25 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.4.0...6.x[Check the HEAD diff] === Beats version 6.4.0 https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.3.1...v6.4.0[View commits] +==== Known issue + +Due to a packaging mistake, the `modules.d` configuration directory is +installed in the wrong path in the Metricbeat DEB and RPM packages. This issue +results in an empty list when you run `metricbeat modules list` and failures +when you try to enable or disable modules. To work around this issue, run the +following command: + +[source,sh] +----------- +sudo cp -r /usr/share/metricbeat/modules.d /etc/metricbeat/ +----------- + +This issue affects all new installations on DEB and RPM. Upgrades will run, but +use old configurations defined in the `modules.d` directory from the previous +installation. + +The issue will be fixed in the 6.4.1 release. + ==== Breaking changes *Affecting all Beats*