# Im using Logstash 5.6 restarting continuously

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-using-logstash-5-6-restarting-continuously/164960>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-monitoring\
**Created:** [January 20, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-using-logstash-5-6-restarting-continuously/164960 "2019-01-20T19:34:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Suraj\_Lal\_Gopinadhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Suraj\_Lal\_Gopinadhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suraj_Lal_Gopinadhan)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-using-logstash-5-6-restarting-continuously/164960/1 "2019-01-20T19:34:05Z")

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Im using Logstash 5.6 and it is continuously restarting the process after every 12 sec, while starting with "systemctl start logstash". if im starting "bin/logstash --path.settings /etc/logstash" it is working properly.

[2019-01-20T22:42:54,335][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"netflow", :directory=\>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/netflow/configuration"}  
[2019-01-20T22:42:54,345][FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\<ArgumentError: Path "/var/lib/logstash/queue" must be a writable directory. It is not writable.\>, :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:439:in `validate'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:222:in`validate\_value'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:138:in `validate_all'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1342:in`each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:137:in `validate_all'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:243:in`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:204:in`run'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:71:in`(root)'"]}  
[2019-01-20T22:43:06,001][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"fb\_apache", :directory=\>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/fb\_apache/configuration"}  
[2019-01-20T22:43:06,005][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"netflow", :directory=\>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/netflow/configuration"}  
[2019-01-20T22:43:06,014][FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\<ArgumentError: Path "/var/lib/logstash/queue" must be a writable directory. It is not writable.\>, :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:439:in `validate'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:222:in`validate\_value'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:138:in `validate_all'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1342:in`each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:137:in `validate_all'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:243:in`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:204:in`run'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:71:in`(root)'"]}  
[2019-01-20T22:43:17,887][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"fb\_apache", :directory=\>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/fb\_apache/configuration"}  
[2019-01-20T22:43:17,891][INFO][logstash.modules.scaffold] Initializing module {:module\_name=\>"netflow", :directory=\>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/netflow/configuration"}  
[2019-01-20T22:43:17,900][FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\<ArgumentError: Path "/var/lib/logstash/queue" must be a writable directory. It is not writable.\>, :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:439:in `validate'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:222:in`validate\_value'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:138:in `validate_all'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1342:in`each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:137:in `validate_all'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:243:in`execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:204:in`run'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:71:in`(root)'"]}

Please help me on this.

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-using-logstash-5-6-restarting-continuously/164960/2 "2019-01-20T19:51:19Z")

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> [@Suraj\_Lal\_Gopinadhan](#):
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> [FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\<ArgumentError: Path "/var/lib/logstash/queue" must be a writable directory. It is not writable.

What use is logstash running as? What are the permissions on /var/lib/logstash and /var/lib/logstash/queue?

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**Author:** ![Izek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/izek/32/37113_2.png) [@Izek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Izek)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 12:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-using-logstash-5-6-restarting-continuously/164960/3 "2019-01-21T00:00:29Z")

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An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\<ArgumentError: Path "/var/lib/logstash/queue" must be a writable directory.

Just make sure the folder permission of /var/lib/logstash/queue is writable.  
Check the permission and the owner.

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**Author:** ![Suraj\_Lal\_Gopinadhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Suraj\_Lal\_Gopinadhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suraj_Lal_Gopinadhan)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 8:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-using-logstash-5-6-restarting-continuously/164960/4 "2019-01-21T08:58:25Z")

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im running Logstash as root and the directories have permission 755 .

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**Author:** ![Izek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/izek/32/37113_2.png) [@Izek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Izek)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-using-logstash-5-6-restarting-continuously/164960/5 "2019-01-21T10:34:39Z")

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> [@Suraj\_Lal\_Gopinadhan](#):
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> must be a writable directory. It is not writable

make sure the directory is writable for the Logstash user.

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**Author:** ![Suraj\_Lal\_Gopinadhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Suraj\_Lal\_Gopinadhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Suraj_Lal_Gopinadhan)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-using-logstash-5-6-restarting-continuously/164960/6 "2019-01-21T18:36:49Z")

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Thanks Izek,

It working, I change the ownership to Logstash and it started working.

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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 18, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/im-using-logstash-5-6-restarting-continuously/164960/7 "2019-02-18T18:44:20Z")

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