# Could not find the logstash.yml
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-find-the-logstash-yml/274614
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 1, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-find-the-logstash-yml/274614 "2021-06-01T10:35:53Z")
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### Author:  [@Kanishk\_Madan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kanishk_Madan)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-find-the-logstash-yml/274614/1 "2021-06-01T10:35:53Z")
I have a problem when i run a file using this command :sudo /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/logstash.conf
It shows:-
Could not find logstash.yml which is typically located in $LS\_HOME/config or /etc/logstash. You can specify the path using --path.settings. Continuing using the defaults
Could not find log4j2 configuration at path /usr/share/logstash/config/log4j2.properties. Using default config which logs errors to the console
[INFO] 2021-06-01 06:33:28.948 [main] runner - Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=\>"7.13.0", "jruby.version"=\>"jruby 9.2.16.0 (2.5.7) 2021-03-03 f82228dc32 OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 11.0.10+9 on 11.0.10+9 +indy +jit [linux-x86\_64]"}
[FATAL] 2021-06-01 06:33:28.977 [main] runner - An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\
### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-find-the-logstash-yml/274614/2 "2021-06-29T10:36:16Z")
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