# \[FATAL\]\[logstash.runner\] ... undefined local variable or method

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-logstash-runner-undefined-local-variable-or-method/125170>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [March 22, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-logstash-runner-undefined-local-variable-or-method/125170 "2018-03-22T11:07:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![hzarrabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@hzarrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hzarrabi)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2018, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-logstash-runner-undefined-local-variable-or-method/125170/1 "2018-03-22T11:07:57Z")

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Hi,

When I put the conf file in :

/etc/logstash/conf.d

and restart logstash service, I receive the following FATAL log in :

logstash-plain.log

But lunching logstash in command line with the same conf file doesn't produce any Error and logs are parsed and sent to elasticsearch.

Any help is appreciated.  
Thanks

[2018-03-22T11:51:03,224][FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\<NameError: undefined local variable or method `dotfile' for #<AwesomePrint::Inspector:0x414d48e2> Did you mean? @@dotfile>, :backtrace=>["/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/awesome_print-1.8.0/lib/awesome_print/inspector.rb:163:in`merge\_custom\_defaults!'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/awesome\_print-1.8.0/lib/awesome\_print/inspector.rb:50:in `initialize'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/awesome_print-1.8.0/lib/awesome_print/core_ext/kernel.rb:9:in`ai'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-codec-rubydebug-3.0.5/lib/logstash/codecs/rubydebug.rb:39:in `encode_default'", "org/jruby/RubyMethod.java:115:in`call'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-codec-rubydebug-3.0.5/lib/logstash/codecs/rubydebug.rb:35:in `encode'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/codecs/base.rb:50:in`block in multi\_encode'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1734:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/codecs/base.rb:50:in`multi\_encode'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/outputs/base.rb:90:in `multi_receive'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/output_delegator_strategies/single.rb:15:in`block in multi\_receive'", "org/jruby/ext/thread/Mutex.java:148:in `synchronize'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/output_delegator_strategies/single.rb:14:in`multi\_receive'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/output\_delegator.rb:49:in `multi_receive'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:479:in`block in output\_batch'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1343:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:478:in`output\_batch'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:430:in `worker_loop'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:385:in`block in start\_workers'"]}

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**Author:** ![hzarrabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@hzarrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hzarrabi)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-logstash-runner-undefined-local-variable-or-method/125170/2 "2018-03-28T07:02:28Z")

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Hi,

Any help here ?

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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:** [April 25, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-logstash-runner-undefined-local-variable-or-method/125170/3 "2018-04-25T07:02:47Z")

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