# Logstash 7.0.0 testing config file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-7-0-0-testing-config-file/178241>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 24, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-7-0-0-testing-config-file/178241 "2019-04-24T12:13:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidbien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@davidbien](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davidbien)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-7-0-0-testing-config-file/178241/1 "2019-04-24T12:13:55Z")

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I'm have a config file(.conf) which I use currently to run logstash on docker. In the same directory I also have a simple pipelines.yml and logstash.yml files. When running these in docker I get no errors whatsoever and all is running fine.  
I made some changes to the .conf file and wish to test it before I restart docker to apply the changes. I ran the following command:  
`docker run -it -v /etc/logstash/conf.d/:/usr/share/logstash/config/ docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash:7.0.0 /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -t -f /usr/share/logstash/config/logstash.conf`  
but I keep getting this error:

```
Could not find log4j2 configuration at path /usr/share/logstash/config/log4j2.properties. Using default config which logs errors to the console

[INFO] 2019-04-24 12:12:28.546 [main] writabledirectory - Creating directory {:setting=>"path.queue", :path=>"/usr/share/logstash/data/queue"}

[INFO] 2019-04-24 12:12:28.554 [main] writabledirectory - Creating directory {:setting=>"path.dead_letter_queue", :path=>"/usr/share/logstash/data/dead_letter_queue"}

[WARN] 2019-04-24 12:12:28.795 [LogStash::Runner] multilocal - Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified

Configuration OK

[INFO] 2019-04-24 12:12:32.893 [LogStash::Runner] runner - Using config.test_and_exit mode. Config Validation Result: OK. Exiting Logstash

```

I tried changing -f to --path.settings but got the same error. How can I test my configuration file?

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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 22, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-7-0-0-testing-config-file/178241/2 "2019-05-22T12:14:01Z")

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