# Filebeat issue while loading log data from api server to elasticsearch?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-issue-while-loading-log-data-from-api-server-to-elasticsearch/168005>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 12, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-issue-while-loading-log-data-from-api-server-to-elasticsearch/168005 "2019-02-12T09:55:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-issue-while-loading-log-data-from-api-server-to-elasticsearch/168005/1 "2019-02-12T09:55:36Z")

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This is the issue when I'm running logstash and I need to import data from log file in api server to elasticsearch using logstash.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/8/3/83a269cabc29582693e52f94c8ec16682c09db7c.png)

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**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-issue-while-loading-log-data-from-api-server-to-elasticsearch/168005/2 "2019-02-13T17:35:09Z")

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It looks like you already have something listening on port `5044` before you start up Logstash. So Logstash is unable to bind to that port.

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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:** [March 13, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-issue-while-loading-log-data-from-api-server-to-elasticsearch/168005/3 "2019-03-13T19:35:12Z")

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