# I am trying to setup elk on docker, but it is not pulling data from my log file which already has data
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-setup-elk-on-docker-but-it-is-not-pulling-data-from-my-log-file-which-already-has-data/368833
**Category:** Kibana
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security, docker
**Created:** [October 15, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-setup-elk-on-docker-but-it-is-not-pulling-data-from-my-log-file-which-already-has-data/368833 "2024-10-15T09:37:08Z")
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### Author:  [@Manak\_Wadhwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Manak_Wadhwa)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-setup-elk-on-docker-but-it-is-not-pulling-data-from-my-log-file-which-already-has-data/368833/1 "2024-10-15T09:37:08Z")
This is my logstash config:
```auto
input {
file {
path => ["/Users/newlap/Desktop/newap/Logs/service-logs.log"]
}
}
filter {}
output {
elasticsearch {
index => "logs-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
hosts => ["https://es01:9200"]
user => "elastic"
password => "Pas@123"
ssl_enabled => true
cacert => "/usr/share/logstash/certs/ca/ca.crt"
}
#stdout {}
}
```
this is my docker-compose.yml
```auto
version: "2.2"
services:
setup:
image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
volumes:
- certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
user: "0"
command: >
bash -c '
if [x${ELASTIC_PASSWORD} == x]; then
echo "Set the ELASTIC_PASSWORD environment variable in the .env file";
exit 1;
elif [x${KIBANA_PASSWORD} == x]; then
echo "Set the KIBANA_PASSWORD environment variable in the .env file";
exit 1;
fi;
if [! -f config/certs/ca.zip]; then
echo "Creating CA";
bin/elasticsearch-certutil ca --silent --pem -out config/certs/ca.zip;
unzip config/certs/ca.zip -d config/certs;
fi;
if [! -f config/certs/certs.zip]; then
echo "Creating certs";
echo -ne \
"instances:\n"\
" - name: es01\n"\
" dns:\n"\
" - es01\n"\
" - localhost\n"\
" ip:\n"\
" - 127.0.0.1\n"\
" - name: es02\n"\
" dns:\n"\
" - es02\n"\
" - localhost\n"\
" ip:\n"\
" - 127.0.0.1\n"\
" - name: es03\n"\
" dns:\n"\
" - es03\n"\
" - localhost\n"\
" ip:\n"\
" - 127.0.0.1\n"\
> config/certs/instances.yml;
bin/elasticsearch-certutil cert --silent --pem -out config/certs/certs.zip --in config/certs/instances.yml --ca-cert config/certs/ca/ca.crt --ca-key config/certs/ca/ca.key;
unzip config/certs/certs.zip -d config/certs;
fi;
echo "Setting file permissions"
chown -R root:root config/certs;
find . -type d -exec chmod 750 \{\} \;;
find . -type f -exec chmod 640 \{\} \;;
echo "Waiting for Elasticsearch availability";
until curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://es01:9200 | grep -q "missing authentication credentials"; do sleep 30; done;
echo "Setting kibana_system password";
until curl -s -X POST --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt -u "elastic:${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://es01:9200/_security/user/kibana_system/_password -d "{\"password\":\"${KIBANA_PASSWORD}\"}" | grep -q "^{}"; do sleep 10; done;
echo "All done!";
'
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD-SHELL", "[-f config/certs/es01/es01.crt]"]
interval: 1s
timeout: 5s
retries: 120
es01:
depends_on:
setup:
condition: service_healthy
image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:${STACK_VERSION}
volumes:
- certs:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config/certs
- esdata01:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
ports:
- ${ES_PORT}:9200
environment:
- node.name=es01
- cluster.name=${CLUSTER_NAME}
- cluster.initial_master_nodes=es01,es02,es03
- discovery.seed_hosts=es02,es03
- ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}
- bootstrap.memory_lock=true
- xpack.security.enabled=true
- xpack.security.http.ssl.enabled=true
- xpack.security.http.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
- xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
- xpack.security.http.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.enabled=true
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.key=certs/es01/es01.key
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate=certs/es01/es01.crt
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.certificate_authorities=certs/ca/ca.crt
- xpack.security.transport.ssl.verification_mode=certificate
- xpack.license.self_generated.type=${LICENSE}
mem_limit: 4294967296
ulimits:
memlock:
soft: -1
hard: -1
healthcheck:
test:
[
"CMD-SHELL",
"curl -s --cacert config/certs/ca/ca.crt https://localhost:9200 | grep -q 'missing authentication credentials'",
]
interval: 10s
timeout: 10s
retries: 120
kibana:
depends_on:
es01:
condition: service_healthy
image: docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:${STACK_VERSION}
volumes:
- certs:/usr/share/kibana/config/certs
- kibanadata:/usr/share/kibana/data
ports:
- ${KIBANA_PORT}:5601
environment:
- SERVERNAME=kibana
- ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS=https://es01:9200
- ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME=kibana_system
- ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD=${KIBANA_PASSWORD}
- ELASTICSEARCH_SSL_CERTIFICATEAUTHORITIES=config/certs/ca/ca.crt
mem_limit: 1073741824
healthcheck:
test:
[
"CMD-SHELL",
"curl -s -I http://localhost:5601 | grep -q 'HTTP/1.1 302 Found'",
]
interval: 10s
timeout: 10s
retries: 120
logstash:
depends_on:
es01:
condition: service_healthy
kibana:
condition: service_healthy
image: docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash:${STACK_VERSION}
labels:
co.elastic.logs/module: logstash
user: root
volumes:
- logstashdata01:/usr/share/logstash/data
- certs:/usr/share/logstash/certs
- ./logstash.conf:/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/logstash.conf:ro
- /Users/manakwadhwa/Desktop/ClearTax/Logs/service-logs.log:/usr/share/logstash/logs/service-logs.log:ro
environment:
- NODE_NAME="logstash"
- xpack.monitoring.enabled=false
- ELASTIC_USER=elastic
- ELASTIC_PASSWORD=${ELASTIC_PASSWORD}
- ELASTIC_HOSTS=https://es01:9200
command: logstash -f /usr/share/logstash/pipeline/logstash.conf
ports:
- "5044:5044/udp"
mem_limit: 1073741824
volumes:
certs:
driver: local
esdata01:
driver: local
kibanadata:
driver: local
logstashdata01:
driver: local
```
---
### Author:  [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-setup-elk-on-docker-but-it-is-not-pulling-data-from-my-log-file-which-already-has-data/368833/2 "2024-10-15T12:19:18Z")
Hello and welcome,
> [@Manak\_Wadhwa](#):
>
> ```auto
> input {
> file {
> path => ["/Users/newlap/Desktop/newap/Logs/service-logs.log"]
> }
> }
>
> ```
This path does not exist inside your container, so there is nothing for logstash to read.
In your compose you are bind mounting another file from another user folder.
```auto
- /Users/manakwadhwa/Desktop/ClearTax/Logs/service-logs.log:/usr/share/logstash/logs/service-logs.log:ro
```
To read this file you would need to use the path as `/usr/share/logstash/logs/service-logs.log`, which is how it exists inside the container.
Also, your file input is missing the `start_position`, so per default logstash will start on the end of the file, if no new events are added, it would not read anything.
You need something like this:
```auto
input {
file {
path => "/usr/share/logstash/logs/service-logs.log"
start_position => "beginning"
}
}
```
---
### Author:  [@Manak\_Wadhwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Manak_Wadhwa)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-am-trying-to-setup-elk-on-docker-but-it-is-not-pulling-data-from-my-log-file-which-already-has-data/368833/3 "2024-10-15T12:51:04Z")
Thanks @leandrojmp for this, I was sure that the file was not accessible by the container but didn't know what will be the appropriate command to do this. I was struggling with GPT using which I added that file in volumes.
Now it is working. Thanks for your help, highly appreciated !!!