# \`block in converge\_state' when setting up output to gelf host

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/block-in-converge-state-when-setting-up-output-to-gelf-host/314862>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [September 21, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/block-in-converge-state-when-setting-up-output-to-gelf-host/314862 "2022-09-21T11:46:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Heffie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/heffie/32/111085_2.png) [@Heffie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Heffie)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/block-in-converge-state-when-setting-up-output-to-gelf-host/314862/1 "2022-09-21T11:46:43Z")

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Hi,

Im getting this error:

`[2022-09-21T11:32:55,738][FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=>#<LogStash::Error: Don't know how to handle `Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException`for`PipelineAction::Create`>, :backtrace=>["org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:129:in `create'", "org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:57:in `add'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:378:in `block in converge\_state'"]}`

Running logstash 7.1.0 on Docker

_logstash.conf_

```auto
input {
  beats {
    port => 5044
  }
}
output {
   gelf {
      host => ["host.internal.domain"]
   }
}

```

The resources and topics i've found were about a missing "}" but as far i can see is not the case. The error seems to be in the last block of the output. Without it i wount get this error. Tried also "hostname" since the doc states a string.

Some help much appreciated.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Heffie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/heffie/32/111085_2.png) [@Heffie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Heffie)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/block-in-converge-state-when-setting-up-output-to-gelf-host/314862/2 "2022-09-22T08:14:33Z")

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I will close this issue. The output plugins are extra packages that also needs to be installed. I will try to implement this in my docker image/container and try again.

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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 20, 2022, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/block-in-converge-state-when-setting-up-output-to-gelf-host/314862/3 "2022-10-20T08:14:40Z")

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