# High CPU usage with no config

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/high-cpu-usage-with-no-config/103322>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [October 10, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/high-cpu-usage-with-no-config/103322 "2017-10-10T08:38:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Frizz\_Supertramp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@Frizz\_Supertramp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frizz_Supertramp)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/high-cpu-usage-with-no-config/103322/1 "2017-10-10T08:38:36Z")

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I have a Logstash installation (5.6.2) where the config files are deployed at some later stage, so at the moment /etc/logstash/config.d is empty.

Unfortunately this causes 100% CPU load.

Why is that?

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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:** [November 7, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/high-cpu-usage-with-no-config/103322/2 "2017-11-07T08:38:43Z")

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