okay it worked but I got another error:
[odmadmin@eagles logstash-7.10.0]$ ./bin/logstash -f liberty_logstash.conf
Using JAVA_HOME defined java: /home/odmadmin/IBM/ODM8104/jdk
WARNING, using JAVA_HOME while Logstash distribution comes with a bundled JDK
Sending Logstash logs to /home/odmadmin/IBM/elastic/logstash/logstash-7.10.0/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties
[2020-12-07T20:56:40,339][INFO ][logstash.runner ] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"7.10.0", "jruby.version"=>"jruby 9.2.13.0 (2.5.7) 2020-08-03 9a89c94bcc Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.261-b12 on 1.8.0_261-b12 +indy +jit [linux-x86_64]"}
[2020-12-07T20:56:40,851][WARN ][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified
[2020-12-07T20:56:43,999][INFO ][org.reflections.Reflections] Reflections took 39 ms to scan 1 urls, producing 23 keys and 47 values
[2020-12-07T20:56:44,348][ERROR][logstash.inputs.beats ] Invalid setting for beats input plugin:
input {
beats {
# This setting must be a path
# File does not exist or cannot be opened /config/logstash.crt
ssl_certificate => "/config/logstash.crt"
...
}
}
[2020-12-07T20:56:44,351][ERROR][logstash.inputs.beats ] Invalid setting for beats input plugin:
input {
beats {
# This setting must be a path
# File does not exist or cannot be opened /config/logstash.key
ssl_key => "/config/logstash.key"
...
}
}
[2020-12-07T20:56:44,375][ERROR][logstash.agent ] Failed to execute action {:action=>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline_id:main, :exception=>"Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException", :message=>"Unable to configure plugins: (ConfigurationError) Something is wrong with your configuration.", :backtrace=>["org.logstash.config.ir.CompiledPipeline.<init>(CompiledPipeline.java:119)", "org.logstash.execution.JavaBasePipelineExt.initialize(JavaBasePipelineExt.java:83)", "org.logstash.execution.JavaBasePipelineExt$INVOKER$i$1$0$initialize.call(JavaBasePipelineExt$INVOKER$i$1$0$initialize.gen)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.JavaMethod$JavaMethodN.call(JavaMethod.java:837)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuper(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:1169)", "org.jruby.ir.runtime.IRRuntimeHelpers.instanceSuperSplatArgs(IRRuntimeHelpers.java:1156)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InstanceSuperInvokeSite.invoke(InstanceSuperInvokeSite.java:39)", "home.odmadmin.IBM.elastic.logstash.logstash_minus_7_dot_10_dot_0.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.java_pipeline.RUBY$method$initialize$0(/home/odmadmin/IBM/elastic/logstash/logstash-7.10.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:47)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:80)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:70)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.cacheAndCall(CachingCallSite.java:332)", "org.jruby.runtime.callsite.CachingCallSite.call(CachingCallSite.java:86)", "org.jruby.RubyClass.newInstance(RubyClass.java:939)", "org.jruby.RubyClass$INVOKER$i$newInstance.call(RubyClass$INVOKER$i$newInstance.gen)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:207)", "home.odmadmin.IBM.elastic.logstash.logstash_minus_7_dot_10_dot_0.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.pipeline_action.create.RUBY$method$execute$0(/home/odmadmin/IBM/elastic/logstash/logstash-7.10.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb:52)", "home.odmadmin.IBM.elastic.logstash.logstash_minus_7_dot_10_dot_0.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.pipeline_action.create.RUBY$method$execute$0$__VARARGS__(/home/odmadmin/IBM/elastic/logstash/logstash-7.10.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.CompiledIRMethod.call(CompiledIRMethod.java:80)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.methods.MixedModeIRMethod.call(MixedModeIRMethod.java:70)", "org.jruby.ir.targets.InvokeSite.invoke(InvokeSite.java:207)", "home.odmadmin.IBM.elastic.logstash.logstash_minus_7_dot_10_dot_0.logstash_minus_core.lib.logstash.agent.RUBY$block$converge_state$2(/home/odmadmin/IBM/elastic/logstash/logstash-7.10.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:365)", "org.jruby.runtime.CompiledIRBlockBody.callDirect(CompiledIRBlockBody.java:138)", "org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.call(IRBlockBody.java:58)", "org.jruby.runtime.IRBlockBody.call(IRBlockBody.java:52)", "org.jruby.runtime.Block.call(Block.java:139)", "org.jruby.RubyProc.call(RubyProc.java:318)", "org.jruby.internal.runtime.RubyRunnable.run(RubyRunnable.java:105)", "java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)"]}
warning: thread "Converge PipelineAction::Create<main>" terminated with exception (report_on_exception is true):
LogStash::Error: Don't know how to handle `Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException` for `PipelineAction::Create<main>`
create at org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:129
add at org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:57
converge_state at /home/odmadmin/IBM/elastic/logstash/logstash-7.10.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:378
[2020-12-07T20:56:44,390][ERROR][logstash.agent ] An exception happened when converging configuration {:exception=>LogStash::Error, :message=>"Don't know how to handle `Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException` for `PipelineAction::Create<main>`"}
[2020-12-07T20:56:44,433][FATAL][logstash.runner ] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=>#<LogStash::Error: Don't know how to handle `Java::JavaLang::IllegalStateException` for `PipelineAction::Create<main>`>, :backtrace=>["org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:129:in `create'", "org/logstash/execution/ConvergeResultExt.java:57:in `add'", "/home/odmadmin/IBM/elastic/logstash/logstash-7.10.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:378:in `block in converge_state'"]}
[2020-12-07T20:56:44,463][ERROR][org.logstash.Logstash ] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit
I have two files "logstash.key" and "logstash.crt" at location
/home/odmadmin/IBM/elastic/logstash/logstash-7.10.0/config
I already posted the content of liberty_logstash.conf file's above. Those files were created and imported using the 2nd and the 4th steps respectively from this link
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEQTP_liberty/com.ibm.websphere.wlp.doc/ae/twlp_analytics_logstash.html