# Error: No config files found: /etc/logstash/conf.d

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-no-config-files-found-etc-logstash-conf-d/20084>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 6, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-no-config-files-found-etc-logstash-conf-d/20084 "2014-10-06T08:11:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![StueckJu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StueckJu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/StueckJu)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-no-config-files-found-etc-logstash-conf-d/20084/1 "2014-10-06T08:11:02Z")

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Hey, when i start logstash as a service /etc/init.d/logstash start, i get  
the Error Message in the topic in file logstash.stdout.  
I have a logstash config file in the directory  
/etc/logstash/conf.d/server.conf. So i don't know why logstash doesnt find  
the file.  
Can anyone help me?  
Greets

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[xx@xxlogstash]$ cd /etc/logstash/conf.d/  
[xx@xxconf.d]$ ls  
server.conf  
[xx@xxconf.d]$

-------Server.conf:  
input {  
redis {  
host =\> "XX.XX.XX"  
type =\> "redis"  
data\_type =\> "list"  
key =\> "logstash"  
}  
}  
output {  
stdout { }  
elasticsearch {  
cluster =\> "logstash"  
}  
}

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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:** [October 6, 2014, 11:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-no-config-files-found-etc-logstash-conf-d/20084/2 "2014-10-06T11:49:22Z")

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On Monday, October 06, 2014 at 10:11 CEST,  
StueckJu [j.stuecker@gmx.com](mailto:j.stuecker@gmx.com) wrote:

> Hey, when i start logstash as a service /etc/init.d/logstash start, i  
> get the Error Message in the topic in file logstash.stdout.  
> I have a logstash config file in the directory  
> /etc/logstash/conf.d/server.conf. So i don't know why logstash doesnt  
> find the file.

Let's move this thread to logstash-users. Kept the elasticsearch list  
cc'd for now.

How is Logstash being invoked? Is /etc/logstash/conf.d being passed with  
the -f (or --config) option?

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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, 12:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-no-config-files-found-etc-logstash-conf-d/20084/3 "2017-07-06T00:58:08Z")

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