# Cant run logstash using logstash -f

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-run-logstash-using-logstash-f/186284>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 18, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-run-logstash-using-logstash-f/186284 "2019-06-18T14:40:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kumar4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumar4/32/48326_2.png) [@kumar4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kumar4)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-run-logstash-using-logstash-f/186284/1 "2019-06-18T14:40:55Z")

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whe i try to run logstash in order to collect data using the commande "logstash -f" i obtain the following message and logstash is shutdown:  
2019-06-18 16:33:44.152 [LogStash::Runner] runner - Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=\>"6.7.2"}  
[ERROR] 2019-06-18 16:33:45.276 [Converge PipelineAction::Create] agent - Failed to execute action {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline\_id:main, :exception=\>"LogStash::ConfigurationError", :message=\>"Expected one of #, input, filter, output at line 10, column 2 (byte 384) after ", :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:41:in `compile_imperative'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:49:in`compile\_graph'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:11:in `block in compile_sources'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2577:in`map'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:10:in `compile_sources'", "org/logstash/execution/AbstractPipelineExt.java:151:in`initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:22:in `initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:90:in`initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline\_action/create.rb:43:in `block in execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:96:in`block in exclusive'", "org/jruby/ext/thread/Mutex.java:165:in `synchronize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:96:in`exclusive'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline\_action/create.rb:39:in `execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:334:in`block in converge\_state'"]}  
[INFO] 2019-06-18 16:33:45.537 [Api Webserver] agent - Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=\>9600}  
[INFO] 2019-06-18 16:33:50.623 [LogStash::Runner] runner - Logstash shut down.

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**Author:** ![vasek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vasek/32/136636_2.png) [@vasek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vasek)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-run-logstash-using-logstash-f/186284/2 "2019-06-18T14:53:05Z")

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> [@kumar4](#):
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> Expected one of #, input, filter, output at line 10, column 2 (byte 384) after

Check configuration of your pipeline, something is wrong in file. Probably on line 10.

I didn't notice configuration file in command that you issued.

```
bin/logstash -f mypipeline.conf

```

There is [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/7.1/setup-logstash.html).

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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:** [July 16, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-run-logstash-using-logstash-f/186284/3 "2019-07-16T14:53:08Z")

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