# Input json file to logstash issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [May 23, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-json-file-to-logstash-issues/86859 "2017-05-23T19:30:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tal\_Bar\_Or](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tal_bar_or/32/5127_2.png) [@Tal\_Bar\_Or](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tal_Bar_Or)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-json-file-to-logstash-issues/86859/1 "2017-05-23T19:30:09Z")
Hi, I am trying to input an tshark json output and output it "ruby\_debug" for first stage facing issues Tried several ways inout i searched but keep getting errors showed below , any i idea hot input correctly such file format? please advice Thanks =====console error============ C:\ELK\logstash-5.4.0\bin\>logstash --verbose -f loginput.conf JAVA\_OPTS was set to [-Xmx1g -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSParallelRemarkEnabled -XX:SurvivorRatio=8 -XX:MaxTenuringThreshold=1 -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -XX:HeapDumpPath="C:\ELK\logstash-5.4.0/heapdump.hprof"]. Logstash will trust these options, and not set any defaults that it might usually set ERROR StatusLogger No log4j2 configuration file found. Using default configuration: logging only errors to the console. Could not find log4j2 configuration at path /ELK/logstash-5.4.0/config/log4j2.properties. Using default config which logs to console 22:12:33.968 [LogStash::Runner] ERROR logstash.plugins.registry - Problems loading a plugin with {:type=\>"codec", :name=\>"ruby\_debug", :path=\>"logstash/codecs/ruby\_debug", :error\_message=\>"NameError", :error\_class=\>NameError, :error\_backtrace=\>["C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:221:in `namespace_lookup'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:157:in`legacy\_lookup'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:133:in `lookup'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:175:in`lookup\_pipeline\_plugin'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugin.rb:139:in `lookup'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb:448:in`validate\_value'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb:369:in `process_parameter_value'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb:388:in`validate\_check\_parameter\_values'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1613:in `each'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb:382:in`validate\_check\_parameter\_values'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1342:in `each'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb:381:in`validate\_check\_parameter\_values'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb:271:in `validate'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/mixin.rb:129:in`config\_init'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/outputs/base.rb:63:in `initialize'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/output_delegator_strategies/single.rb:3:in`initialize'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/output\_delegator.rb:23:in `initialize'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:94:in`plugin'", "(eval):12:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1079:in`eval'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:63:in `initialize'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:145:in`initialize'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:286:in `create_pipeline'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:95:in`register\_pipeline'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:274:in `execute'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in`run'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:185:in `run'", "C:/ELK/logstash-5.4.0/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in`run'", "C:\ELK\logstash-5.4.0\lib\bootstrap\environment.rb:71:in `(root)'"]} 22:12:34.372 [LogStash::Runner] ERROR logstash.agent - Cannot create pipeline {:reason=\>"Couldn't find any codec plugin named 'ruby\_debug'. Are you sure this is correct? Trying to load the ruby\_debug codec plugin resulted in this error: Problems loading the requested plugin named ruby\_debug of type codec. Error: NameError NameError"} ====the input config file======== input{ file{ codec =\> json\_lines sincedb\_path =\> "dev/null" path =\> "file.json" start\_position =\> "beginning" } } output{ stdout{codec =\> ruby\_debug} } ======the jsonfile========= [ { "\_index": "packets-2017-05-22", "\_type": "pcap\_file", "\_score": null, "\_source": { "layers": { "frame.number": ["26"], "frame.time\_relative": ["1.560480000"], "ip.src": ["172.23.136.73"], "ip.dst": ["172.23.254.88"], "tcp.flags.syn": ["1"], "tcp.flags.ack": ["0"] } } } , { "\_index": "packets-2017-05-22", "\_type": "pcap\_file", "\_score": null, "\_source": { "layers": { "frame.number": ["27"], "frame.time\_relative": ["1.560558000"], "ip.src": ["10.10.1.1"], "ip.dst": ["172.23.254.88"], "tcp.flags.syn": ["1"], "tcp.flags.ack": ["0"] } } } , { "\_index": "packets-2017-05-22", "\_type": "pcap\_file", "\_score": null, "\_source": { "layers": { "frame.number": ["28"], "frame.time\_relative": ["1.560616000"], "ip.src": ["172.23.136.73"], "ip.dst": ["172.23.254.88"], "tcp.flags.syn": ["1"], "tcp.flags.ack": ["0"] } } } , { "\_index": "packets-2017-05-22", "\_type": "pcap\_file", "\_score": null, "\_source": { "layers": { "frame.number": ["29"], "frame.time\_relative": ["1.560707000"], "ip.src": ["172.23.254.88"], "ip.dst": ["172.23.136.73"], "tcp.flags.syn": ["1"], "tcp.flags.ack": ["1"], "tcp.analysis.acks\_frame": ["26"], "tcp.analysis.ack\_rtt": ["0.000227000"] } } } , { "\_index": "packets-2017-05-22", "\_type": "pcap\_file", "\_score": null, "\_source": { "layers": { "frame.number": ["30"], "frame.time\_relative": ["1.560713000"], "ip.src": ["172.23.136.73"], "ip.dst": ["172.23.254.88"], "tcp.flags.syn": ["0"], "tcp.flags.ack": ["1"], "tcp.analysis.acks\_frame": ["29"], "tcp.analysis.ack\_rtt": ["0.000006000"] } } } ] ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-json-file-to-logstash-issues/86859/2 "2017-05-25T09:56:16Z")
> [@Tal\_Bar\_Or](#): > > Couldn't find any codec plugin named 'ruby\_debug' You want `rubydebug` - [Rubydebug codec plugin | Logstash Reference [8.11] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-codecs-rubydebug.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/input-json-file-to-logstash-issues/86859/3 "2017-06-22T09:56:22Z")
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