# Logstash 6.1.1 running logstash.conf file is giving errors on Windows 10 **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [January 12, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-1-1-running-logstash-conf-file-is-giving-errors-on-windows-10/115355 "2018-01-12T19:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![akron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@akron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akron)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-1-1-running-logstash-conf-file-is-giving-errors-on-windows-10/115355/1 "2018-01-12T19:48:40Z")
I recently installed ES onto my personal pc to test some of the functionality. I'm working on setting up an automatic process for pushing and pulling data from SQL using JDBC; however, after installing logstash (unzipping), I try to run logstash in the bin folder logstash -e input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} } with or without single quotes and I get "could not find java". I then do java -version and see that I have version 1.8.0\_152. I have already set the JAVA\_HOME variable in Environment variables as a path to the java folder. I've tried moving the input { stdin { } } output { stdout { } } to a .conf file; however, I receive a new error that jruby is not installed (I see vendor jruby with bat files inside). Is there something I need to do to do a test of this? Or maybe I need to run differently? What am I missing? This is a Windows 10 machine. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-6-1-1-running-logstash-conf-file-is-giving-errors-on-windows-10/115355/2 "2018-02-09T19:48:41Z")
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