# Failed to execute action : Logstash : Pipeline action create error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-execute-action-logstash-pipeline-action-create-error/201182>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 26, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-execute-action-logstash-pipeline-action-create-error/201182 "2019-09-26T08:20:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sushma07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Sushma07](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sushma07)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 8:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-execute-action-logstash-pipeline-action-create-error/201182/1 "2019-09-26T08:20:29Z")

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hi,  
have following setup for Logstash-to-Logstash Communication between 2 servers :

Amazon Linux machine  
Logstash version : 7.x

And this is my logstash.conf file:

input {  
stdin { }  
}  
output {  
lumberjack {  
codec =\> json  
ssl =\> true  
hosts =\> ["hostname"]  
port =\> 5000  
ssl\_certificate =\> "/root/server.cert"  
}  
}

As you can see, at the input section I used stdin and output i am using lumberjack. when i try to start logstash i get below error

[Converge PipelineAction::Create] agent - Failed to execute action {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline\_id:main, :exception=\>"LogStash::ConfigurationError", :message=\>"Something is wrong with your configuration.", :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb:87:in `config_init'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/outputs/base.rb:60:in`initialize'", "org/logstash/config/ir/compiler/OutputStrategyExt.java:170:in `initialize'", "org/logstash/config/ir/compiler/OutputDelegatorExt.java:48:in`initialize'", "org/logstash/config/ir/compiler/OutputDelegatorExt.java:30:in `initialize'", "org/logstash/plugins/PluginFactoryExt.java:242:in`plugin'", "org/logstash/plugins/PluginFactoryExt.java:140:in `buildOutput'", "org/logstash/execution/JavaBasePipelineExt.java:50:in`initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java\_pipeline.rb:24:in `initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb:36:in`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:325:in `block in converge\_state'"]}  
[INFO] 2019-09-26 08:13:55.643 [Api Webserver] agent - Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=\>9600}  
[INFO] 2019-09-26 08:14:00.518 [LogStash::Runner] runner - Logstash shut down.

On other end i have below configuration.

input {  
beats {  
port =\> 5000  
ssl =\> true  
ssl\_certificate =\> "/root/server.cert"  
ssl\_key =\> "/root/server.key"  
}  
}  
output {  
stdout {}  
kafka {  
codec =\> json  
bootstrap\_servers =\> ["kafkahostname:9092"]  
topic\_id =\> "TopicName"  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-execute-action-logstash-pipeline-action-create-error/201182/2 "2019-09-26T14:25:55Z")

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> [@Sushma07](#):
>
> Something is wrong with your configuration."

If you get that error I would expect to see a more specific error immediately preceding it.

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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:** [October 24, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-execute-action-logstash-pipeline-action-create-error/201182/3 "2019-10-24T14:25:58Z")

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