# Collectd - Logstash not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collectd-logstash-not-working/305632>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 25, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collectd-logstash-not-working/305632 "2022-05-25T16:52:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/collectd-logstash-not-working/305632/2 "2022-05-25T19:35:34Z")

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See [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-illegal-state-exception-error-while-pushing-logs-to-elasticsearch/290029/2) post. Once you have indexed an document in which [host] is an object (probably containing [host][name]) any event that in which [host] is text will be rejected.

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