# Avro plugin logstash issue

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avro-plugin-logstash-issue/104615>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 19, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avro-plugin-logstash-issue/104615 "2017-10-19T20:20:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![venkat\_venkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f17d59/32.png) [@venkat\_venkat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/venkat_venkat)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avro-plugin-logstash-issue/104615/1 "2017-10-19T20:20:31Z")

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I have installed logstash avro plugin "bin/logstash-plugin install logstash-codec-avro" and I am using below config

input {  
kafka {  
topics =\> 'cdn'  
bootstrap\_servers =\> 'XXXXXXXX:9092,XXXXXXXXXXX:9092,XXXXXXXXXX:9092,XXXXXXXXX:9092'  
group\_id =\> 'playerstats-cdn'  
codec =\> "avro" {  
schema\_uri =\> "/usr/share/logstash/schema.avsc"  
}  
add\_field =\> { "projecttype" =\> "playerstats-cdn" }  
consumer\_threads =\> 5  
}  
}

output {  
if [projecttype] == "playerstats-cdn" {  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ['XXXXXXXX:9200','XXXXXXXXX:9200','XXXXXXXXXXXX:9202','XXXXXXXXXXXX:9202']  
index =\> "cdn-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"  
}

stdout{ codec =\> json }  
}  
}

I am getting the below error:

[ERROR] 2017-10-19 20:18:39.688 [LogStash::Runner] registry - Problems loading a plugin with {:type=\>"codec", :name=\>""avro"", :path=\>"logstash/codecs/"avro"", :error\_message=\>"NameError", :error\_class=\>NameError, :error\_backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:226:in `namespace_lookup'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:162:in`legacy\_lookup'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:138:in `lookup'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:180:in`lookup\_pipeline\_plugin'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugin.rb:140:in `lookup'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:103:in`plugin'", "(eval):8:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1079:in`eval'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:75:in `initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:165:in`initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:286:in `create_pipeline'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:95:in`register\_pipeline'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:313:in `execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in`run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:204:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in`run'", "/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:71:in `(root)'"]}  
[ERROR] 2017-10-19 20:18:39.714 [LogStash::Runner] agent - Cannot create pipeline {:reason=\>"Couldn't find any codec plugin named '"avro"'. Are you sure this is correct? Trying to load the "avro" codec plugin resulted in this error: Problems loading the requested plugin named "avro" of type codec. Error: NameError NameError"}

please help me out!!!

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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 16, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/avro-plugin-logstash-issue/104615/2 "2017-11-16T20:20:36Z")

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