# Can't start Logstash in Windows
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [August 5, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878 "2015-08-05T10:42:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Jemli\_Fathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jemli_Fathi)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878/1 "2015-08-05T10:42:23Z")
When i execute logstash.bat i get this error :
```
io/console not supported; tty will not be manipulated
```
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### Author:  [@dwhyte](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dwhyte)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2015, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878/2 "2015-08-05T11:12:06Z")
Hello Jemli,
Have you created a [config](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/configuration.html) and pointed to it (argument -f)?
If not, you can try the basic example [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/getting-started-with-logstash.html) where you specify it on the command line.
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### Author:  [@Jemli\_Fathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jemli_Fathi)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878/3 "2015-08-05T11:18:35Z")
no with -e argument, like this
```
logstash -e 'input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} }'
```
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### Author:  [@dwhyte](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dwhyte)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878/4 "2015-08-05T11:27:07Z")
Hello Jemli,
Are you able to provide the output from the Window? Mine shows that warning but still continues to work, if i type in hello world it gives me a timestamped entry (removed server info):
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### Author:  [@Jemli\_Fathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jemli_Fathi)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878/5 "2015-08-05T11:37:10Z")
**when i run it, it still like this**
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### Author:  [@dwhyte](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dwhyte)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2015, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878/6 "2015-08-05T11:39:48Z")
Type on that window "hello world" and press enter, you'll see what I have. It looks to be working.
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### Author:  [@Jemli\_Fathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jemli_Fathi)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2015, 11:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878/7 "2015-08-05T11:41:54Z")
yeah, i have exactly what you have
that's mean it Logstash is working ?
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### Author:  [@dwhyte](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dwhyte)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878/8 "2015-08-05T11:51:06Z")
Yes, it's taking your input from stdin and outputting to stdout (as per your argument on command line)..
Take a look at [this](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/parsing-into-es.html) - it shows how you can parse apache logs with a config, it's worth having a look through the examples in the documentation - they're really good.
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### Author:  [@Jemli\_Fathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jemli_Fathi)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2015, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878/9 "2015-08-05T11:55:54Z")
Thanks a lot, it was very useful, but i still have issues with Kibana, it won't start when executing kibana.bat file and i got no response on localhost:5601 😔
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878/10 "2015-08-06T02:46:08Z")
What do the KB logs say?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-logstash-in-windows/26878/11 "2017-07-06T05:32:47Z")