# How to make logstash listen to port less than 1024

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-logstash-listen-to-port-less-than-1024/231467
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 7, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-logstash-listen-to-port-less-than-1024/231467 "2020-05-07T06:59:24Z")
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### Author: ![Hari\_Krishna](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hari_krishna/32/62678_2.png) [@Hari\_Krishna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hari_Krishna)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-logstash-listen-to-port-less-than-1024/231467/1 "2020-05-07T06:59:24Z")

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i have my logs sent to port 514. But i get the following error.

```auto
May 05 14:36:24 ubuntu logstash[7187]: [2020-05-05T14:36:24,423][INFO][logstash.inputs.syslog][main] Starting syslog tcp listener {:address=>"0.0.0.0:514"}

May 05 14:36:24 ubuntu logstash[7187]: [2020-05-05T14:36:24,425][WARN][logstash.inputs.syslog][main] syslog listener died {:protocol=>:udp, :address=>"0.0.0.0:514", :exception=>#<Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - bind(2) for "0.0.0.0" port 514>, :backtrace=>["org/jruby/ext/socket/RubyUDPSocket.java:213:in `bind'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:149:in `udp_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:130:in `server'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:110:in `block in run'"]}

May 05 14:36:24 ubuntu logstash[7187]: [2020-05-05T14:36:24,428][WARN][logstash.inputs.syslog][main] syslog listener died {:protocol=>:tcp, :address=>"0.0.0.0:514", :exception=>#<Errno::EACCES: Permission denied - bind(2)>, :backtrace=>["org/jruby/ext/socket/RubyTCPServer.java:133:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyIO.java:878:in `new'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:167:in `tcp_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:130:in `server'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.1/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:114:in `block in run'"]}

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Is there any to listen to that port , considering that i cannot change the 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: [June 4, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-make-logstash-listen-to-port-less-than-1024/231467/2 "2020-06-04T06:59:36Z")

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