# ERROR while running configuration file in logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-running-configuration-file-in-logstash/133743>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 29, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-running-configuration-file-in-logstash/133743 "2018-05-29T19:01:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![hema\_chandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f05b48/32.png) [@hema\_chandra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hema_chandra)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-running-configuration-file-in-logstash/133743/1 "2018-05-29T19:01:28Z")

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Sending Logstash's logs to C:/Program Files/logstash/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties  
2018-05-30 00:21:07,733 main ERROR Unable to create file C:/Program Files/logstash/logs/logstash-plain.log java.io.IOException: at org.jruby.ir.Compiler$1.load(Compiler.java:95)  
at org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:93)  
at org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuper(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:983)  
at org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuperSplatArgs(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:974)  
at org.jruby.ir.targets.InstanceSuperInvokeSite.invoke(InstanceSuperInvokeSite.java:39)  
at C\_3a\_.Program\_20\_Files.logstash.logstash\_minus\_core.lib.logstash.runner.RUBY$method$run$0(C:/Program Files/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:219)  
at C\_3a\_.Program\_20\_Files.logstash.logstash\_minus\_core.lib.logstash.runner.RUBY$method$run$0$ **VARARGS** (C:/Program Files/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb)  
at org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:77)  
at org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:93)  
at org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:145)  
at C\_3a\_.Program\_20\_Files.logstash.vendor.bundle.jruby.$2\_dot\_3\_dot\_0.gems.clamp\_minus\_0\_dot\_6\_dot\_5.lib.clamp.command.RUBY$method$run$0(C:/Program Files/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132)  
at org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:77)  
at org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:93)  
at org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:145)  
at C\_3a\_.Program\_20\_Files.logstash.lib.bootstrap.environment.RUBY$script(C:\Program Files\logstash\lib\bootstrap\environment.rb:67)  
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle.invokeWithArguments(MethodHandle.java:627)  
at org.jruby.ir.Compiler$1.load(Compiler.java:95)  
at org.jruby.Ruby.runScript(Ruby.java:828)  
at org.jruby.Ruby.runNormally(Ruby.java:747)  
at org.jruby.Ruby.runNormally(Ruby.java:765)  
at org.jruby.Ruby.runFromMain(Ruby.java:578)  
at org.logstash.Logstash.run(Logstash.java:81)  
at org.logstash.Logstash.main(Logstash.java:45)

2018-05-30 00:21:07,843 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.  
2018-05-30 00:21:07,843 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.  
2018-05-30 00:21:07,858 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.  
2018-05-30 00:21:07,858 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.  
2018-05-30 00:21:07,858 main ERROR Unable to locate appender "plain\_rolling" for logger config "root"  
2018-05-30 00:21:07,858 main ERROR Unable to locate appender "plain\_rolling\_slowlog" for logger config "slowlog"  
[2018-05-30T00:21:07,952][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"fb\_apache", :directory=\>"C:/Program Files/logstash/modules/fb\_apache/configuration"}  
[2018-05-30T00:21:08,061][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"netflow", :directory=\>"C:/Program Files/logstash/modules/netflow/configuration"}  
[2018-05-30T00:21:08,280][INFO][logstash.setting.writabledirectory] Creating directory {:setting=\>"path.queue", :path=\>"C:/Program Files/logstash/data/queue"}  
[2018-05-30T00:21:08,343][FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\<ArgumentError: Path "C:/Program Files/logstash/data/queue" does not exist, and I failed trying to create it: Errno::EIO - Input/output error - C:\Program Files\logstash\data\queue\>, :backtrace=\>["C:/Program Files/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:476:in `block in value'", "org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1741:in`tap'", "C:/Program Files/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:468:in `value'", "C:/Program Files/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:230:in`validate\_value'", "C:/Program Files/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:141:in `block in validate_all'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1343:in`each'", "C:/Program Files/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:140:in `validate_all'", "C:/Program Files/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:264:in`execute'", "C:/Program Files/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'", "C:/Program Files/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:219:in`run'", "C:/Program Files/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'", "C:\\Program Files\\logstash\\lib\\bootstrap\\environment.rb:67:in`'"]}  
[2018-05-30T00:21:08,358][ERROR][org.logstash.Logstash] java.lang.IllegalStateException: org.jruby.exceptions.RaiseException: (SystemExit) exit

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**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-running-configuration-file-in-logstash/133743/2 "2018-06-26T19:01:34Z")

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