# Beats input debugging logs not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-input-debugging-logs-not-working/82064>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 11, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-input-debugging-logs-not-working/82064 "2017-04-11T23:24:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbeck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@jbeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbeck)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-input-debugging-logs-not-working/82064/1 "2017-04-11T23:24:17Z")

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I'm trying to see debug logs for the beats input to logstash. I have run:

```auto
curl -XPUT localhost:9600/_node/logging -d '{ "logger.logstash.inputs.beats": "TRACE" }'

```

which responded with

```auto
{"host":"ip-10-239-197-23","version":"5.3.0","http_address":"127.0.0.1:9600","id":"3ef960df-26f7-43b0-8faa-b72896899aa9","name":"i-08cc896d6e894bcf2","acknowledged":true}

```

I can also confirm that it is turned on:

```auto
curl localhost:9600/_node/logging?pretty
{
  "host" : "ip-10-239-197-23",
  "version" : "5.3.0",
  "http_address" : "127.0.0.1:9600",
  "id" : "3ef960df-26f7-43b0-8faa-b72896899aa9",
  "name" : "i-08cc896d6e894bcf2",
  "loggers" : {
    "logstash.agent" : "INFO",
    "logstash.api.service" : "INFO",
    "logstash.codecs.json" : "INFO",
    "logstash.codecs.plain" : "INFO",
    "logstash.filters.metrics" : "INFO",
    "logstash.inputs.beats" : "TRACE",

```

But there are no logs relating to the beats input in `/var/log/logstash/logstash-json.log`.

Is there something I am missing or is this broken?

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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:** [May 9, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beats-input-debugging-logs-not-working/82064/2 "2017-05-09T23:36:10Z")

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