# Logs are not generated for logstash **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [May 10, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-are-not-generated-for-logstash/49672 "2016-05-10T14:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roshan\_r](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roshan_r/32/9760_2.png) [@Roshan\_r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roshan_r)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-are-not-generated-for-logstash/49672/1 "2016-05-10T14:50:25Z")
I am using filebeat to ship the logs to another server where my logstash is residing. Starting the logstash shows like this: [root@astroELK bin]# ./logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/astro\_pdl.conf --- jar coordinate com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations already loaded with version 2.7.1 - omit version 2.7.0 --- jar coordinate com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind already loaded with version 2.7.1 - omit version 2.7.1-1 Settings: Default pipeline workers: 2 Pipeline main started Inside /var/log/logstash/ no logs are generated. What could be the reason here? ---
**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 11, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-are-not-generated-for-logstash/49672/2 "2016-05-11T23:29:00Z")
It'll only logs things as required. What logs are you expecting? ---
**Author:** ![Roshan\_r](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roshan_r/32/9760_2.png) [@Roshan\_r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roshan_r)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-are-not-generated-for-logstash/49672/3 "2016-05-12T10:48:35Z")
Mark.. I wanted to verify whether filbeat sent the logs to logstash and logstash processed the logs before giving it to ElasticSearch. ---
**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 12, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-are-not-generated-for-logstash/49672/4 "2016-05-12T21:33:45Z")
Then use the ES APIs or Kibana. Take a look at the `_cat` APIs in ES for examples of how to see what indices exist and what is in them. ---
**Author:** ![Roshan\_r](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roshan_r/32/9760_2.png) [@Roshan\_r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roshan_r)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-are-not-generated-for-logstash/49672/5 "2016-05-13T09:57:43Z")
Mark I am getting 2016-05-12T10:51:43Z CRIT Unable to publish events to console: write /dev/stdout: invalid argument 2016-05-12T10:51:43Z ERR Error sending/writing event: write /dev/stdout: invalid argument in mybeat logs. It clearly mention that filebeat is not sending teh logs to logstash here. Any idea where could be the problem in filebeat here? ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-are-not-generated-for-logstash/49672/6 "2016-05-13T13:59:30Z")
Perhaps if you post your configs we can provide better assistance. ---
**Author:** ![Roshan\_r](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roshan_r/32/9760_2.png) [@Roshan\_r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roshan_r)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-are-not-generated-for-logstash/49672/7 "2016-05-16T08:27:05Z")
Warkolm... I can see only 1 config file used for logstash. input { beats { port=\>5044 } } output { elasticsearch { hosts =\> ["10.209.26.147:9200"] manage\_template =\> false } } I dont see a logs folder or any other config file for logs. Please help me. ---
**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, 4:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logs-are-not-generated-for-logstash/49672/8 "2017-07-06T04:57:30Z")