[id="configuration-{beatname_lc}"]
== Configure modules

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<titleabbrev>Modules</titleabbrev>
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To enable specific modules you add entries to the `auditbeat.modules` list in
the +{beatname_lc}.yml+ config file. Each entry in the list begins with a dash
(-) and is followed by settings for that module.

The following example shows a configuration that runs the `auditd` and
`file_integrity` modules.

[source,yaml]
----
auditbeat.modules:

- module: auditd
  audit_rules: |
    -w /etc/passwd -p wa -k identity
    -a always,exit -F arch=b32 -S open,creat,truncate,ftruncate,openat,open_by_handle_at -F exit=-EPERM -k access

- module: file_integrity
  paths:
  - /bin
  - /usr/bin
  - /sbin
  - /usr/sbin
  - /etc
----

The configuration details vary by module. See the
<<{beatname_lc}-modules,module documentation>> for more detail about configuring
the available modules.
