# An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-unexpected-error-occurred-error/103382>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 10, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-unexpected-error-occurred-error/103382 "2017-10-10T13:58:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mbvelo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@mbvelo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbvelo)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-unexpected-error-occurred-error/103382/1 "2017-10-10T13:58:15Z")

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An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>  
#\<ArgumentError: Path "/var/lib/logstash/queue" must be a writable directory. It is not writable.\>, :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:443:in `validate'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:225:in`validate\_value'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:136:in `block in validate_all'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1343:in`each'", "/usr/share/logstash/log

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**Author:** ![TheNmaptomyHeartBeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@TheNmaptomyHeartBeat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TheNmaptomyHeartBeat)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-unexpected-error-occurred-error/103382/2 "2017-10-10T14:02:32Z")

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what is it you're trying to do?

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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 7, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/an-unexpected-error-occurred-error/103382/3 "2017-11-07T14:02:53Z")

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