# Default settings used: Filter workers: 2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 21, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201 "2015-11-21T04:35:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![aqiao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@aqiao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aqiao)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201/1 "2015-11-21T04:35:38Z")

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when i start logstash using bin/logtash -f test.config, it shows the message as title  
ps. i have removed all .sincedb\_\* files and the logstash version is 2.0  
test.config  
`input {  
file {  
path =\> "/data/tmp/elktest/tollog/pqr/"  
start\_position =\> "beginning"  
sincedb\_path =\> "/dev/null"  
}  
}

filter {

grok {  
match =\> {  
"message" =\> "%{TIMESTAMP\_ISO8601:eventtime},%{WORD:Type},Item=(%{GREEDYDATA:Item}),%{GREEDYDATA:CID},TotalPass=%{NUMBER:TotalPass},TotalFail=%{NUMBER:TotalFail},SpreadFail=%{NUMBER:SpreadFail},RollingAvgFail=%{NUMBER:RollingAvgFail},%{GREEDYDATA:RollingAvgSMM},%{GREEDYDATA:RollingAvgLMM},%{GREEDYDATA:RollingAvgDynMoves},%{GREEDYDATA:RATRejects},%{GREEDYDATA:ETRejects},%{GREEDYDATA:SingleContFail},%{GREEDYDATA:SingleContFailAtCnsctv},BMKFail=%{NUMBER:BMKFail},,"  
}  
}  
date {  
match =\> ["eventtime","ISO8601"]

# target =\> "eventdate"

```
  timezone => "UTC"

```

}  
}

output {  
stdout{codec =\> rubydebug}  
elasticsearch {  
hosts =\> ["10.35.61.130:9200"]  
index =\> "tol-pqr"  
document\_type =\> "vae0\_5"  
}  
}`

please help

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201/2 "2015-11-21T05:33:35Z")

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> [@aqiao](#):
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> please help

It's not clear what your problem is?

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**Author:** ![aqiao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@aqiao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aqiao)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201/3 "2015-11-21T06:51:14Z")

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hi warkolm! i can't start the logstash,when run bin/logstash command,logstash can't parse the docuemnt and show :Default settings used: Filter workers: 2

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201/4 "2015-11-21T07:06:38Z")

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> [@aqiao](#):
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> logstash can't parse the docuemnt

What does this mean?  
What do you expect?  
What does the data look like?

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**Author:** ![aqiao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@aqiao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aqiao)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201/5 "2015-11-21T07:19:20Z")

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![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/0/0b91a1e0eba73429f2a8841746aa9e0738c8082b.png)

i mean the logstash don't work,it can't parse the document and print to screen

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201/6 "2015-11-21T07:31:07Z")

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> [@aqiao](#):
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> path =\> "/data/tmp/elktest/tollog/pqr/"

LS doesn't recursively look for files, add a `*` to the end of the path.

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**Author:** ![aqiao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@aqiao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aqiao)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201/7 "2015-11-21T07:45:29Z")

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> [@warkolm](#):
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> LS doesn't recursively look for files, add a \* to the end of the path.

thanks for prompt reply,i added \* to the end of path,but it still shows "Default settings used: Filter workers: 2"

Don't i remove the older version (logstash 1.5) completely

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**Author:** ![aqiao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@aqiao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aqiao)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 10:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201/8 "2015-11-21T10:32:22Z")

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> [@warkolm](#):
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> What does this mean?What do you expect?What does the data look like?

hi warkolm! logstash seems like nornal,but it can't import the documents (in /data/tmp/elktest/tollog/pqr/\*) into index(toll-pqr) ,any sugguestion?

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201/9 "2015-11-22T21:15:00Z")

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Increase logging verbosity by starting Logstash with `--verbose`. For example, it might complain about not being able to read the files.

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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 6, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-settings-used-filter-workers-2/35201/10 "2017-07-06T05:21:50Z")

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