# Error while starting logstash windows

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-logstash-windows/157278
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 19, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-logstash-windows/157278 "2018-11-19T06:46:04Z")
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### Author: ![nano2903](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@nano2903](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nano2903)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-logstash-windows/157278/1 "2018-11-19T06:46:04Z")

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Dear Elastic team,

I'm suffering the following issue while starting logstash in windows server 2012

> [2018-11-19T09:58:47,485][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.cgroup] One or more required cgroup files or directories not found: /proc/self/cgroup, /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct, /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu  
> [2018-11-19T09:58:47,672][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ParNew"}  
> [2018-11-19T09:58:47,672][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ConcurrentMarkSweep"}  
> [2018-11-19T09:58:49,078][DEBUG][logstash.pipeline] Pushing flush onto pipeline {:pipeline\_id=\>"main", :thread=\>"#\<Thread:0x69549966 sleep\>"}  
> [2018-11-19T09:58:52,138][WARN][logstash.runner] SIGINT received. Shutting down.

my router-output.conf

> input {
> 
> beats {
> 
> port =\> 5044
> 
> }
> 
> udp {
> 
> port =\> 5514
> 
> type =\> "syslog"
> 
> }
> 
> }
> 
> filter {
> 
> if [type] == "syslog" {
> 
> grok {
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> match =\> { "message" =\> "%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:syslog\_timestamp} %{SYSLOGHOST:syslog\_hostname} %{DATA:syslog\_pr
> 
> ogram}(?:[%{POSINT:syslog\_pid}])?: %{GREEDYDATA:syslog\_message}" }
> 
> add\_field =\> ["received\_at", "%{@timestamp}"]
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> add\_field =\> ["received\_from", "%{host}"]
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> }
> 
> date {
> 
> match =\> ["syslog\_timestamp", "MMM d HH:mm:ss", "MMM dd HH:mm:ss"]
> 
> }
> 
> }
> 
> }
> 
> output {
> 
> elasticsearch { hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"] }
> 
> stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }
> 
> }

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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: [December 17, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-starting-logstash-windows/157278/2 "2018-12-17T06:46:31Z")

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