# How to insert Data to Elasticsearch using Logstash?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-elasticsearch-using-logstash/89130
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [June 13, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-elasticsearch-using-logstash/89130 "2017-06-13T02:16:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@amruth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amruth)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-elasticsearch-using-logstash/89130/1 "2017-06-13T02:16:03Z")
Hi, I am trying to insert data to Elasticsearch using Logstash. I created an index 'twitter' and my config file is as follows,
input{
file{
path=\>"C:/Users/Sample.log"
codec=\>json
}
}
output{
stdout{
codec=\>rubydebug
}
```
elasticsearch {
hosts => "13.10.256.10:9200"
index => "twitter"
}
```
}
I could see the logs in command prompt but when I checked elasticsearch with the API '[http://13.10.256.10:9200/\_cat/indices?v](http://13.10.256.10:9200/_cat/indices?v)', it's showing docs.count as 0. What wrong am I doing? Do I need to create any other fields other than index? Please help me on this issue.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-elasticsearch-using-logstash/89130/2 "2017-06-13T05:04:30Z")
Please format your code using `` icon as explained in [this guide](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21). It will make your post more readable.
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I moved your question to #logstash.
May be share the output of logstash and of your curl command?
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-elasticsearch-using-logstash/89130/3 "2017-06-13T05:11:25Z")
The [file input plugin](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-file.html#plugins-inputs-file) by default tails the file, so if it was created before Logstash was started you will need to set `start_position` to `beginning` and also delete the sincedb file, as this will have recorded the current file as processed.
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### Author:  [@amruth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amruth)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-elasticsearch-using-logstash/89130/4 "2017-06-13T15:28:20Z")
Hi David,
Thanks for your quick reply. Please see my logstash output and output of elasticsearch.
Logstash:
{
"CheckTS" =\> 1496264400085,
"path" =\> "C:/Users/Sample.log",
"@timestamp" =\> 2017-06-13T13:49:01.335Z,
"VersionTag" =\> 0,
"@version" =\> "1",
"host" =\> "localhost",
"location" =\> "abc",
"Component" =\> "mongodb",
"Application" =\> "Test"
}
{
"CheckTS" =\> 1496264400085,
"path" =\> "C:/Users/Sample.log",
"@timestamp" =\> 2017-06-13T13:49:01.335Z,
"VersionTag" =\> 0,
"@version" =\> "1",
"host" =\> "localhost",
"location" =\> "abc",
"Component" =\> "sql",
"Application" =\> "Test1"
}
Elasticsearch:
health status index uuid pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open twitter BcDQCs7uRWunz39AavLAVg 3 2 0 0 477b 477b
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### Author:  [@amruth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amruth)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-elasticsearch-using-logstash/89130/5 "2017-06-13T15:30:27Z")
Hi Christian, I don't have problem with start\_position, because I am able to see all my results in the command prompt output. The only problem is I can't see when I check it in the elasticsearch index.
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### Author:  [@amruth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amruth)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-elasticsearch-using-logstash/89130/6 "2017-06-14T17:46:05Z")
I got it solved. Logstash is running from 2 different folders and that made the mess.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-insert-data-to-elasticsearch-using-logstash/89130/7 "2017-07-12T17:46:12Z")
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