# Fresh logstash 5.2 install gives log4j warnings and no logging from plugins **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [February 17, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fresh-logstash-5-2-install-gives-log4j-warnings-and-no-logging-from-plugins/75530 "2017-02-17T16:04:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Alexandre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carlos_alexandre/32/15624_2.png) [@Carlos\_Alexandre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Alexandre)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fresh-logstash-5-2-install-gives-log4j-warnings-and-no-logging-from-plugins/75530/1 "2017-02-17T16:04:00Z")
I just downloaded the new logstash version (5.2.1), and after starting it I noticed a warning message saying that log4j needs to be initialized properly. I also noticed that plugins like kafka, beats, etc, were not emitting any output log... **I used this very simple command to reproduce the problem on a Windows machine:** $ bin\logstash -e "input{beats{port=\>5044}} output{stdout{}}" ``` Could not find log4j2 configuration at path /Downloads/logstash-5.2.1/config/log4j2.properties. Using default config which logs to console log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (io.netty.util.internal.logging.InternalLoggerFactory). log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly. log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info. 15:52:11.185 [[main]-pipeline-manager] INFO logstash.inputs.beats - Beats inputs: Starting input listener {:address=>"0.0.0.0:5044"} 15:52:11.285 [[main]-pipeline-manager] INFO logstash.pipeline - Starting pipeline {"id"=>"main", "pipeline.workers"=>4, "pipeline.batch.size"=>125, "pipeline.batch.delay"=>5, "pipeline.max_inflight"=>500} 15:52:11.292 [[main]-pipeline-manager] INFO logstash.pipeline - Pipeline main started 15:52:11.764 [Api Webserver] INFO logstash.agent - Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600} ``` In the above example, I tested this behavior with the Beats input plugin, but this is also happening on several other plugins like **kafka**. Tested on **logstash 5.1.2** and everything works well: **no warnings** and **plugins write log data correctly**. EDIT: Just tested on **logstash 5.2.0** , and I have the same behavior observed in **5.2.1**. Log4j warnings + no logging. Am I missing something here? Or is this something that should not happen? ---
**Author:** ![renevdm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/renevdm/32/5730_2.png) [@renevdm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/renevdm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fresh-logstash-5-2-install-gives-log4j-warnings-and-no-logging-from-plugins/75530/2 "2017-02-17T18:52:30Z")
I'm experiencing exactly the same.... 😒 Edit: just did a "apt-get install liblog4j1.2-java" and "apt-get install liblog4j2-java", but no luck after both... ---
**Author:** ![renevdm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/renevdm/32/5730_2.png) [@renevdm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/renevdm)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fresh-logstash-5-2-install-gives-log4j-warnings-and-no-logging-from-plugins/75530/3 "2017-02-17T20:42:25Z")
Apperently this has to do with the beats input. See this github issue: > Although this issue has been solved already, these are the exact same error messages I get. So I think the bug just popped up again.... Edit: when I disable all beats inputs, the error messages disappear, logstash starts correctly and events start to flow into elasticsearch again 🙂 Edit 2: the issue on github has been reopened again. Edit 3: aaaaand it's closed again. Opened this new one: [https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-beats/issues/193](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-beats/issues/193) ---
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Alexandre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carlos_alexandre/32/15624_2.png) [@Carlos\_Alexandre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Alexandre)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fresh-logstash-5-2-install-gives-log4j-warnings-and-no-logging-from-plugins/75530/4 "2017-02-17T22:08:41Z")
This is also happening on the logstash-input-kafka plugins, and probably others... I do not believe this is a plugin issue, because the same plugin versions are working OK against logstash 5.1.2... ---
**Author:** ![Carlos\_Alexandre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carlos_alexandre/32/15624_2.png) [@Carlos\_Alexandre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Alexandre)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fresh-logstash-5-2-install-gives-log4j-warnings-and-no-logging-from-plugins/75530/5 "2017-02-22T12:54:37Z")
Any news on this? I was hoping to hear from the logstash team... ---
**Author:** ![Joao\_Serra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/joao_serra/32/15774_2.png) [@Joao\_Serra](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Joao_Serra)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fresh-logstash-5-2-install-gives-log4j-warnings-and-no-logging-from-plugins/75530/6 "2017-02-22T15:04:44Z")
Hi, I have the the exact same problem described here. Any news on this issue? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2017, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fresh-logstash-5-2-install-gives-log4j-warnings-and-no-logging-from-plugins/75530/7 "2017-03-22T15:05:26Z")
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