# Cannot start bin/logstash
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-bin-logstash/93143
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [July 14, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-bin-logstash/93143 "2017-07-14T08:54:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@jogoinar10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jogoinar10)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-bin-logstash/93143/1 "2017-07-14T08:54:34Z")
I installed logstash through yum repo.
After installation I make config file in /etc/logstash/conf.d
when i started
bin/logstash -f
it outputs "No such file or directory"
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### Author:  [@Vishal\_Sharma1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vishal_Sharma1)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-bin-logstash/93143/2 "2017-07-14T09:10:06Z")
you need to change the directory to the logstash installation directory
$ cd /usr/share/logstash
$ sudo bin/logstah -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/example.conf
or you can start it as service
$ sudo service logstash start
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### Author:  [@jogoinar10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jogoinar10)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-bin-logstash/93143/3 "2017-07-14T09:19:26Z")
Thank you for the reply @Vishal_Sharma1!
I already started the logstash through
$service logstash start
How can I confirm that It is receiving/running correctly and the config file I made in
conf.d is working fine?
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### Author:  [@Vishal\_Sharma1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vishal_Sharma1)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-bin-logstash/93143/4 "2017-07-14T09:27:30Z")
well
$ ps aux | grep logstash
Also check logs at /var/log/logstash/logstash-plain.log
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### Author:  [@jogoinar10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jogoinar10)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-bin-logstash/93143/5 "2017-07-14T09:36:48Z")
there's an error with the conf file
here's my conf file
```
input{
beats{
host => "localhost"
port => 5044
}
}
filter{
csv{
separator => ","
columns => ["logtime", "computer_name", "status"]
}
}
output {
elasticsearch{
host => "192.168.200.250"
index => "sensor%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
}
stdout {
codec => rubydebug
}
}
```
The error is..
{:reason=\>Expected one of #, =\> at line 7, column 6 (byte 69) after input{\nbeats{\n host =\> "localhost"\n port =\> 5044\n}\nfilter {\n csv "}
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### Author:  [@Vishal\_Sharma1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vishal_Sharma1)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-bin-logstash/93143/6 "2017-07-14T09:38:48Z")
> [@jogoinar10](#):
>
> host =\> "192.168.200.250"
it should be hosts =\> "192.168.200.250"
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### Author:  [@jogoinar10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jogoinar10)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-bin-logstash/93143/7 "2017-07-14T09:41:52Z")
Can I clear the logs in var/log/logstash/logstash-plain.log? So that it will be easy to check the current logs?
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### Author:  [@jogoinar10](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jogoinar10)
#### Post date: [July 14, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-bin-logstash/93143/8 "2017-07-14T09:42:19Z")
> [@Vishal\_Sharma1](#):
>
> it should be hosts =\> "192.168.200.250"
Thank you for your reply @Vishal_Sharma1. I already edited my config.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-start-bin-logstash/93143/9 "2017-08-11T09:42:29Z")
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