# Am facing a problem

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/am-facing-a-problem/198168>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 5, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/am-facing-a-problem/198168 "2019-09-05T06:40:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Chandunadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Chandunadh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chandunadh)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/am-facing-a-problem/198168/1 "2019-09-05T06:40:03Z")

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Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.615]  
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C:\chandu ibm\softwares\logstash-6.4.2\bin\>logstash -f logstash-sample.conf  
Error: Could not find or load main class ibm\softwares\logstash-6.4.2\logstash-core\lib\jars\animal-sniffer-annotations-1.14.jar;C:\chandu

C:\chandu ibm\softwares\logstash-6.4.2\bin\>

my conf//

# Sample Logstash configuration for creating a simple

# Beats -\> Logstash -\> Elasticsearch pipeline.

input {  
beats {  
port =\> 5044  
}  
}

output {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["[http://localhost:9200](http://localhost:9200)"]  
index =\> "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{[@metadata][version]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"  
#user =\> "elastic"  
#password =\> "changeme"  
}  
}

JDK 1.8  
windows

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**Author:** ![tobydickinson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@tobydickinson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tobydickinson)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/am-facing-a-problem/198168/2 "2019-09-05T08:32:57Z")

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Looks like your install may be corrupt. I would recommend re-installing Logstash.

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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:** [October 3, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/am-facing-a-problem/198168/3 "2019-10-03T08:33:02Z")

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