# Bin/logstash --modules netflow --setup not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bin-logstash-modules-netflow-setup-not-working/119359>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 11, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bin-logstash-modules-netflow-setup-not-working/119359 "2018-02-11T02:34:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Junaid\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@Junaid\_Khan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Junaid_Khan)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bin-logstash-modules-netflow-setup-not-working/119359/1 "2018-02-11T02:34:04Z")

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Enabled netflow module for logstash and imported the netflow\* index but kibana visualisations and dashboard are not importing

using this command from the instructions:  
bin/logstash --modules netflow --setup

Receive bunch of errors i have tried to change the directory path but no luck yet.

WARNING: Could not find logstash.yml which is typically located in $LS\_HOME/config or /etc/logstash. You can specify the path using --path.settings. Continuing using the defaults  
Could not find log4j2 configuration at path /usr/share/logstash/config/log4j2.properties. Using default config which logs errors to the console  
[INFO] 2018-02-10 21:21:42.795 [main] scaffold - Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"fb\_apache", :directory=\>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/fb\_apache/configuration"}  
[INFO] 2018-02-10 21:21:42.814 [main] scaffold - Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"netflow", :directory=\>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/netflow/configuration"}  
[WARN] 2018-02-10 21:21:43.722 [LogStash::Runner] multilocal - Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified  
[FATAL] 2018-02-10 21:21:43.757 [LogStash::Runner] runner - Logstash could not be started because there is already another instance using the configured data directory. If you wish to run multiple instances, you must change the "path.data" setting.  
[ERROR] 2018-02-10 21:21:43.774 [LogStash::Runner] Logstash - java.lang.IllegalStateException: org.jruby.exceptions.RaiseException: (SystemExit) exit

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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:** [March 11, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bin-logstash-modules-netflow-setup-not-working/119359/2 "2018-03-11T02:34:29Z")

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