# Can Logstash use a file in an Azure BLOB container as its direct input?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-logstash-use-a-file-in-an-azure-blob-container-as-its-direct-input/343080>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [September 14, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-logstash-use-a-file-in-an-azure-blob-container-as-its-direct-input/343080 "2023-09-14T21:34:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-logstash-use-a-file-in-an-azure-blob-container-as-its-direct-input/343080/1 "2023-09-14T21:34:13Z")

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Greetings,  
I am trying to configure Logstash to ingest changes to a JSON file which is stored in Azure BLOB storage container. There used to be an input plugin called ```  
logstash-input-azureblob

````auto
When I attempted to install this plugin (on a Logstash container running in Docker) I got this error: ```
Validating logstash-input-azureblob
eg_elastic_poc-main-logstash-1 | Resolving mixin dependencies
eg_elastic_poc-main-logstash-1 | Installing logstash-input-azureblob
debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype keepalive@openssh.com reply 1
eg_elastic_poc-main-logstash-1 | java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
eg_elastic_poc-main-logstash-1 | Dumping heap to java_pid1.hprof ...
eg_elastic_poc-main-logstash-1 | Unable to create java_pid1.hprof: File exists
eg_elastic_poc-main-logstash-1 | Exception in thread "Ruby-0-Thread-3@Compact Index (rubygems.org) Worker #2: /usr/share/logstash/lib/pluginmanager/main.rb:18" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
eg_elastic_poc-main-logstash-1 | Exception in thread "Ruby-0-Thread-2@Compact Index (rubygems.org) Worker #1: /usr/share/logstash/lib/pluginmanager/main.rb:18" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
eg_elastic_poc-main-logstash-1 | warning: thread "Compact Index (rubygems.org) Worker #0 (Ruby-0-Thread-1@Compact Index (rubygems.org) Worker #0: /usr/share/logstash/lib/pluginmanager/main.rb:18)" terminated with exception (report_on_exception is true):warning: thread "Compact Index (rubygems.org) Worker #3 (Ruby-0-Thread-4@Compact Index (rubygems.org) Worker #3: /usr/share/logstash/lib/pluginmanager/main.rb:18)" terminated with exception (report_on_exception is true):
eg_elastic_poc-main-logstash-1 | 
eg_elastic_poc-main-logstash-1 | Exception in thread "Ruby-0-Thread-4@Compact Index (rubygems.org) Worker #3: /usr/share/logstash/lib/pluginmanager/main.rb:18" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space

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Is there some other way to use files stored on Azure BLOB as inputs?

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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 12, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-logstash-use-a-file-in-an-azure-blob-container-as-its-direct-input/343080/2 "2023-10-12T21:35:04Z")

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