# Logstash 5.2 service doesn't start

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-2-service-doesnt-start/81947>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 11, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-2-service-doesnt-start/81947 "2017-04-11T09:33:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![paolo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@paolo1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paolo1)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-2-service-doesnt-start/81947/1 "2017-04-11T09:33:37Z")

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Hi,

Is anyone having problems starting logstash as a service (sudo systemctl start logstash) rather than using (sudo bin/logstash --path.settings /etc/logstash)?

It works using the latter, but not the former. Output is as follows:

```
logstash.service - logstash
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/logstash.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Tue 2017-04-11 09:29:58 UTC; 13s ago
 Main PID: 5463 (java)
    Tasks: 15
   Memory: 382.7M
      CPU: 25.110s
   CGroup: /system.slice/logstash.service
           └─5463 /usr/bin/java -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75 -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dfi

Apr 11 09:30:11 tanium-logstash-shipper logstash[5463]: at org.jruby.Ruby.runScript(Ruby.java:850)
Apr 11 09:30:11 tanium-logstash-shipper logstash[5463]: at org.jruby.Ruby.runNormally(Ruby.java:729)
Apr 11 09:30:11 tanium-logstash-shipper logstash[5463]: at org.jruby.Ruby.runFromMain(Ruby.java:578)
Apr 11 09:30:11 tanium-logstash-shipper logstash[5463]: at org.jruby.Main.doRunFromMain(Main.java:393)
Apr 11 09:30:11 tanium-logstash-shipper logstash[5463]: at org.jruby.Main.internalRun(Main.java:288)
Apr 11 09:30:11 tanium-logstash-shipper logstash[5463]: at org.jruby.Main.run(Main.java:217)
Apr 11 09:30:11 tanium-logstash-shipper logstash[5463]: at org.jruby.Main.main(Main.java:197)
Apr 11 09:30:11 tanium-logstash-shipper logstash[5463]: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ManagerFactory [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManag
Apr 11 09:30:11 tanium-logstash-shipper logstash[5463]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager.getManager(AbstractManager.java:75)
Apr 11 09:30:11 tanium-logstash-shipper logstash[5463]: at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.getManager(OutputStreamManager.java:81)
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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:** [April 11, 2017, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-2-service-doesnt-start/81947/2 "2017-04-11T09:53:33Z")

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What's in the actual LS log?

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**Author:** ![paolo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/85f322/32.png) [@paolo1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paolo1)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-2-service-doesnt-start/81947/3 "2017-04-11T09:57:03Z")

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Nothing related to the constant service restart at all.

/var/log/logstash/logstash-plain.log just contains info relating to me starting it via:

bin/logstash --path.settings /etc/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:** [May 9, 2017, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-2-service-doesnt-start/81947/4 "2017-05-09T10:05:57Z")

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