### Author:  [@mobcdi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mobcdi)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/io-console-not-supported-when-starting-logstash-1-5-0-on-win-7/966/1 "2015-05-20T13:20:35Z")
I'm trying to get ELK setup on a Win 7 machine using Java 1.8 . I've got E and K and marvel running but I can't get logstash to startup.
From a windows command console running with admin previlages on a folder on the desktop (where ES and Kibana run happily) when I run logstash.bat I get
```
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
C:\Users\user.name\Desktop\Kibana\logstash-1.5.0\bin>logstash.bat
io/console not supported; tty will not be manipulated
No command given
Usage: logstash [command args]
Run a command with the --help flag to see the arguments.
For example: logstash agent --help
Available commands:
agent - runs the logstash agent
version - emits version info about this logstash
```
if I run
```
logstash version
```
I get
```
io/console not supported; tty will not be manipulated
logstash 1.5.0
```
If I run logstash agent its looks for config files to test but I don't have any of them (do I ?)
Also noticed in the logstash folder there are various files which seems to be the output of the getting started command from here [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/getting-started-with-logstash.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/getting-started-with-logstash.html) but marvel only shows the kibana marvel and kibana.marvel indexes
Any pointers on how to make sure Logstash is running properly on windows and it can feed ES?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/io-console-not-supported-when-starting-logstash-1-5-0-on-win-7/966/2 "2015-05-21T00:03:32Z")
You do need to define your own config files, you can't run LS without them (or it'll start and then bail immediately).
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### Author:  [@mobcdi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mobcdi)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2015, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/io-console-not-supported-when-starting-logstash-1-5-0-on-win-7/966/3 "2015-05-21T08:03:40Z")
Ooops can't get more novice a mistake than that I'd say 😄 . Thanks for the pointer
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### Author:  [@ScottLawrenceLawson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ScottLawrenceLawson)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/io-console-not-supported-when-starting-logstash-1-5-0-on-win-7/966/4 "2015-07-09T23:21:50Z")
I get the same error on Win7 using Cygwin terminal:
> [@mobcdi](#):
>
> io/console not supported; tty will not be manipulated
While the OP needed to know about parameters, this error is not related to that. I cannot get Logstash to use my conf file to start up and get this error, too:
sml@sml-co-lt2 ~/logstash-1.5.2
$ bin/logstash agent -f found.conf
io/console not supported; tty will not be manipulated
{:timestamp=\>"2015-07-09T15:27:03.971000-0700", :message=\>"Failed to install template: connect timed out", :level=\>:error}
Do you think that is related?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/io-console-not-supported-when-starting-logstash-1-5-0-on-win-7/966/5 "2015-07-09T23:38:58Z")
> [@ScottLawrenceLawson](#):
>
> Failed to install template: connect timed out
This is a problem talking to ES, so not related.
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### Author:  [@ScottLawrenceLawson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ScottLawrenceLawson)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/io-console-not-supported-when-starting-logstash-1-5-0-on-win-7/966/6 "2015-07-09T23:48:15Z")
Thanks, how can I test/debug why my local logstash is not talking to my Elasticsearch instance in Found? I can post via curl to it with the same uri but using the conf file below, it throws the error:
input { stdin{} }
output {
elasticsearch {
protocol =\> http
host =\> a6793c--OBSCURED--cd8e7
port =\> 9243 # Check the port also
ssl =\> true
}
stdout { codec =\> rubydebug }
}
---
### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 10, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/io-console-not-supported-when-starting-logstash-1-5-0-on-win-7/966/7 "2015-07-10T01:11:16Z")
Looks like your host string is incomplete?
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### Author:  [@ScottLawrenceLawson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ScottLawrenceLawson)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/io-console-not-supported-when-starting-logstash-1-5-0-on-win-7/966/8 "2015-07-16T23:43:50Z")
Yes, I got this working now, thanks!
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### Author:  [@Octavius](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Octavius)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/io-console-not-supported-when-starting-logstash-1-5-0-on-win-7/966/9 "2016-08-24T21:25:39Z")
The next command works for me in windows:
bin\logstash.bat -e 'input { stdin {} } output { stdout {} }'
---
### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/io-console-not-supported-when-starting-logstash-1-5-0-on-win-7/966/10 "2017-07-06T04:41:43Z")