# Log stash process keeps crashing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-stash-process-keeps-crashing/26353>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 27, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-stash-process-keeps-crashing/26353 "2015-07-27T17:05:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![utpal\_das123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f6c823/32.png) [@utpal\_das123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/utpal_das123)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-stash-process-keeps-crashing/26353/1 "2015-07-27T17:05:47Z")

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Hi,

My log stash process keeps crashing periodically. I need to debug the root cause, is there any logs or crash dumps i can inspect. I have installed on red hat linux

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**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:** [July 27, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-stash-process-keeps-crashing/26353/2 "2015-07-27T22:36:26Z")

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Start with `/var/log/logstash`.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/log-stash-process-keeps-crashing/26353/3 "2017-07-06T05:33:43Z")

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