# Logstash as service restarts every 30sec, also doesnt log **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [January 26, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-service-restarts-every-30sec-also-doesnt-log/117185 "2018-01-26T11:02:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![c4alexc4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@c4alexc4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/c4alexc4)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-service-restarts-every-30sec-also-doesnt-log/117185/1 "2018-01-26T11:02:41Z")
Hey, I was trying out different things with logstash while starting it from command line using sudo /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/config.conf Everything worked fine there. I would like to use logstash as a service in the long term. When no logs showed up I looked up the status using sudo service logstash status I noticed that logstash was restarting every 30s because of the line: Active: active (running) since .....; 15s ago The time at the end of the line never exceed 30s. When I tried to look at the logstash logs I noticed that "ls /var/log/logstash" returns absolutely nothing even though I have "path.logs: /var/log/logstash" in my logstash.yml Any ideas would be appreciated, Alex ---
**Author:** ![JKhondhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-service-restarts-every-30sec-also-doesnt-log/117185/2 "2018-01-26T12:45:59Z")
What version of Logstash is at play here? It has been found that debug logging goes a long way in getting more out the Logstash logging. ---
**Author:** ![c4alexc4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@c4alexc4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/c4alexc4)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-service-restarts-every-30sec-also-doesnt-log/117185/3 "2018-01-26T14:24:13Z")
Im using logstash 6.1.2-1 Are you talking about the (debug) logging level? I think I need to find out, why logstash is seemingly not writing any logs at all first. ---
**Author:** ![JKhondhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-service-restarts-every-30sec-also-doesnt-log/117185/4 "2018-01-26T14:29:43Z")
If not seen already and in aid here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/logging.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/logging.html) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Boer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peter\_Boer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter_Boer)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-service-restarts-every-30sec-also-doesnt-log/117185/5 "2018-01-26T14:41:01Z")
This error can be the result of a plugin not working correctly. List your installed plugins with `sudo bin/logstash-plugin list` and if needed remove them with `sudo bin/logstash-plugin remove [pluginname]` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-as-service-restarts-every-30sec-also-doesnt-log/117185/6 "2018-02-23T14:41:11Z")
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