# ERROR: Pipelines YAML file must contain an array of pipeline configs. Found "Hash"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-pipelines-yaml-file-must-contain-an-array-of-pipeline-configs-found-hash/272708>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 11, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-pipelines-yaml-file-must-contain-an-array-of-pipeline-configs-found-hash/272708 "2021-05-11T14:12:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![andcur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@andcur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andcur)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-pipelines-yaml-file-must-contain-an-array-of-pipeline-configs-found-hash/272708/1 "2021-05-11T14:12:40Z")

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Windows server:

I have the following pipeline.yml file

```auto
-pipeline.id: policylocalexposurehub
path.config: "config/logstash-sample.conf"
pipeline.workers: 1

```

error

```auto
ERROR: Pipelines YAML file must contain an array of pipeline configs. Found "Hash"

```

when running logstash.bat

If I ran logstash.bat with

```auto
bin\logstash.bat -f config\logstash-sample.conf

```

This runs fine, data appears in elasticsearch.

What is wrong with the pipelines file? I want to have multiple pipelines here but for now, just starting trying to get just one working!

logstash-sample.conf:

```auto
# Sample Logstash configuration for creating a simple
# Beats -> Logstash -> Elasticsearch pipeline.

input {
  beats {
    port => 5044
  }
}

input {  
	jdbc {
		# SqlServer jdbc connection string to your database, productdb
		# "jdbc:sqlserver://HostName\instanceName;database=DBName;user=UserName;password=Password" 
		jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:sqlserver://10.130.40.20;database=ApiTeamExposureHub;user=exposure;password=ebix@123"
		# The user you want to execute your statement as
		jdbc_user => nil
		# The path to your downloaded jdbc driver
		# jdbc_driver_library => "C:/Program Files/sqljdbc_6.0/enu/jre8/sqljdbc42.jar"
		jdbc_driver_library => "C:\Program Files\Microsoft JDBC DRIVER 9.2 for SQL Server\sqljdbc_9.2.1.0_enu\sqljdbc_9.2\enu\mssql-jdbc-9.2.1.jre11.jar"
		# The name of the driver class for SqlServer
		jdbc_driver_class => "com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver"
		# Query for testing purpose
		statement => "portfolio.usp_Policy_SelectListForElasticsearch"
	}
}

output {
  # stdout { codec => rubydebug } #uncomment to enable debugging
  elasticsearch {
    hosts => ["https://UKEE-EXP004:9200"]
    index => "policylocalexposurehub"
    user => "elastic"
    password => "p7p8qHk9GdU0v0RLUDM9"
	ssl => true
    cacert => 'config\elasticsearch-ca.pem'
	doc_as_upsert => true
	document_id => "%{policyid}"
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-pipelines-yaml-file-must-contain-an-array-of-pipeline-configs-found-hash/272708/2 "2021-05-11T14:45:21Z")

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The format and indentation of your `pipelines.yml` appears to be wrong, you need to have a space after the `-` and the other configurations needs to follow the same indentation.

It should looks like this:

```auto
- pipeline.id: policylocalexposurehub
  path.config: "config/logstash-sample.conf"
  pipeline.workers: 1

```

Logstash works when you run it using the `-f` parameter because this will ignore the `pipelines.yml`.

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**Author:** ![andcur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@andcur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andcur)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-pipelines-yaml-file-must-contain-an-array-of-pipeline-configs-found-hash/272708/3 "2021-05-11T15:33:10Z")

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Thank you.

I had tried different indentations. I have now tried exactly how you have it and it seems to be working with one pipeline defined.

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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:** [June 8, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-pipelines-yaml-file-must-contain-an-array-of-pipeline-configs-found-hash/272708/4 "2021-06-08T15:33:19Z")

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