# Logstasg config error The given configuration is invalid. Reason: Expected one of #, {, } at line 13, column 44 (byte 286) after filter {

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**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [January 2, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstasg-config-error-the-given-configuration-is-invalid-reason-expected-one-of-at-line-13-column-44-byte-286-after-filter/113739 "2018-01-02T08:11:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Abdur\_Raqeeb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Abdur\_Raqeeb1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdur_Raqeeb1)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 8:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstasg-config-error-the-given-configuration-is-invalid-reason-expected-one-of-at-line-13-column-44-byte-286-after-filter/113739/1 "2018-01-02T08:11:05Z")

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Myself getting an below error while testing the config file

The given configuration is invalid. Reason: Expected one of #, {, } at line 13, column 135 (byte 377) after filter {  
if [type] == "syslog" {  
grok {  
match =\> { "message" =\> "%{IP:client\_ip} %{NOTSPACE:termination\_state} %{NOTSPACE:termination\_state} [%{HTTPDATE:timestamp}] " {:level=\>:fatal}

Please find the below config file

input {  
lumberjack {  
port =\> 5043  
type =\> "syslog"  
ssl\_certificate =\> "/etc/pki/tls/certs/logstash-forwarder.crt"  
ssl\_key =\> "/etc/pki/tls/private/logstash-forwarder.key"  
}  
}

filter {  
if [type] == "syslog" {  
grok {  
match =\> { "message" =\> "%{IP:client\_ip} %{NOTSPACE:termination\_state} %{NOTSPACE:termination\_state} [%{HTTPDATE:timestamp}] "%{WORD:verb} %{URIPATHPARAM:request} HTTP/%{NUMBER:httpversion}" %{INT:http\_status\_code} %{NOTSPACE:bytes\_read} %{GREEDYDATA:url}" }

```
  add_field => ["received_at", "%{@timestamp}"]
  add_field => ["received_from", "%{host}"]
}
syslog_pri { }
date {
  match => ["syslog_timestamp", "MMM d HH:mm:ss", "MMM dd HH:mm:ss"]
}

```

}  
}

Request you to please suggest me the same

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstasg-config-error-the-given-configuration-is-invalid-reason-expected-one-of-at-line-13-column-44-byte-286-after-filter/113739/2 "2018-01-02T08:43:57Z")

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You can't have double quotes inside your double quote-delimited grok expression. Change

```
match => { "message" => "%{IP:client_ip} ... " }

```

to

```
match => { "message" => '%{IP:client_ip} ... ' }
```

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**Author:** ![Abdur\_Raqeeb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Abdur\_Raqeeb1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Abdur_Raqeeb1)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstasg-config-error-the-given-configuration-is-invalid-reason-expected-one-of-at-line-13-column-44-byte-286-after-filter/113739/3 "2018-01-02T12:21:04Z")

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Thanks now the configuration has been passed.

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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:** [January 30, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstasg-config-error-the-given-configuration-is-invalid-reason-expected-one-of-at-line-13-column-44-byte-286-after-filter/113739/4 "2018-01-30T12:21:15Z")

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