# I'm getting an error in logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-getting-an-error-in-logstash/162878>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 4, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-getting-an-error-in-logstash/162878 "2019-01-04T00:02:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Hamed\_khosravi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hamed_khosravi/32/39411_2.png) [@Hamed\_khosravi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hamed_khosravi)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-getting-an-error-in-logstash/162878/1 "2019-01-04T00:02:33Z")

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i'm using logstash for parsing tomcat log file but since i wrote grok pattern for this log `127.0.0.1 - - [11/Dec/2018:11:01:59 +0330] "GET /parabank/template.css HTTP/1.1" 200 9571` and my grok pattern is `^%{IPORHOST:clientip} %{USER:ident} %{USER:auth} \[%{HTTPDATE:timestamp}\] "%{WORD:verb} %{DATA:request} HTTP/%{NUMBER:httpversion}" %{NUMBER:response:int} (?:-|%{NUMBER:bytes:int})$` when i starting logstash i getting an error as follows:  
Failed to execute action {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline\_id:main, :exception=\>"LogStash::ConfigurationError", :message=\>"Expected one of #, {, } at line 8, column 110 (byte 181) after filter {\n grok {\n match =\> { "message" =\> "^%{IPORHOST:clientip} %{USER:ident} %{USER:auth} \[%{HTTPDATE:timestamp}\] "", :backtrace=\>["/opt/logstash-6.5.4/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:41:in `compile_imperative'", "/opt/logstash-6.5.4/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:49:in`compile\_graph'", "/opt/logstash-6.5.4/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:11:in `block in compile_sources'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2486:in`map'", "/opt/logstash-6.5.4/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:10:in `compile_sources'", "org/logstash/execution/AbstractPipelineExt.java:149:in`initialize'", "/opt/logstash-6.5.4/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:22:in `initialize'", "/opt/logstash-6.5.4/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:90:in`initialize'", "/opt/logstash-6.5.4/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline\_action/create.rb:42:in `block in execute'", "/opt/logstash-6.5.4/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:92:in`block in exclusive'", "org/jruby/ext/thread/Mutex.java:148:in `synchronize'", "/opt/logstash-6.5.4/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:92:in`exclusive'", "/opt/logstash-6.5.4/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline\_action/create.rb:38:in `execute'", "/opt/logstash-6.5.4/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:317:in`block in converge\_state'"]}  
PLEASE help me to find out what's going on. i'm trying several ways but i doesn't work.

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**Author:** ![staodd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/staodd/32/24509_2.png) [@staodd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/staodd)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-getting-an-error-in-logstash/162878/2 "2019-01-04T07:07:16Z")

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Error message says you have an issue with your config file. Please verify your config file. Line 8, column 110.

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**Author:** ![Hamed\_khosravi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hamed_khosravi/32/39411_2.png) [@Hamed\_khosravi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hamed_khosravi)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-getting-an-error-in-logstash/162878/3 "2019-01-04T07:29:03Z")

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thank you for the reply  
I applied some changes, when I remove " in the grok pattern it's running fine but i still getting \_grokparsfailure, how can i use "" in pattern without conflict with "" for the origin message? thank you

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**Author:** ![staodd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/staodd/32/24509_2.png) [@staodd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/staodd)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-getting-an-error-in-logstash/162878/4 "2019-01-04T11:16:48Z")

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Try escaping the " :  
\"

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**Author:** ![Hamed\_khosravi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hamed_khosravi/32/39411_2.png) [@Hamed\_khosravi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hamed_khosravi)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-getting-an-error-in-logstash/162878/5 "2019-01-04T18:34:58Z")

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thank you, it's worked.

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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:** [February 1, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-getting-an-error-in-logstash/162878/6 "2019-02-01T18:34:59Z")

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