# Logstash asking filter file path **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [October 1, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-asking-filter-file-path/150538 "2018-10-01T09:02:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rijinmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rijinmp/32/24634_2.png) [@rijinmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rijinmp)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-asking-filter-file-path/150538/1 "2018-10-01T09:02:41Z")
Hi , I am using logstash 6.3.2 . Installed from rpm . My issuse is my filter file's path is mentioned in logstash.yml . But again the logstash asking for filter file path . My conf: path.config: /etc/logstash/conf.d/filter.config And the filter file is placed in /etc/logstash/conf.d/ When I am running the command ./bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/filter.config LOgstash working. When I am running this command ./bin/logstash Logstash asking filter file path Could not find logstash.yml which is typically located in $LS\_HOME/config or /etc/logstash. You can specify the path using --path.settings. Continuing using the defaults Could not find log4j2 configuration at path /usr/share/logstash/config/log4j2.properties. Using default config which logs errors to the console ERROR: Failed to read pipelines yaml file. Location: /usr/share/logstash/config/pipelines.yml usage: bin/logstash -f CONFIG\_PATH [-t] [-r] [] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash --modules MODULE\_NAME [-M "MODULE\_NAME.var.PLUGIN\_TYPE.PLUGIN\_NAME.VARIABLE\_NAME=VALUE"] [-t] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash -e CONFIG\_STR [-t] [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash -i SHELL [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] bin/logstash -V [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] bin/logstash --help [ERROR] 2018-10-01 09:00:51.576 [LogStash::Runner] Logstash - java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit ---
**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:** [October 3, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-asking-filter-file-path/150538/2 "2018-10-03T18:38:34Z")
Where is your logstash.yml? ---
**Author:** ![rijinmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rijinmp/32/24634_2.png) [@rijinmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rijinmp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-asking-filter-file-path/150538/3 "2018-10-04T04:44:43Z")
/etc/logstash/logstash.yml ---
**Author:** ![rijinmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rijinmp/32/24634_2.png) [@rijinmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rijinmp)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-asking-filter-file-path/150538/4 "2018-10-04T07:19:08Z")
I am installed form RPM file . Because of that I am not created the $LS\_HOME Is this make any problems ? ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-asking-filter-file-path/150538/5 "2018-10-04T19:27:16Z")
No, but it's very surprising that Logstash complains about the non-existence of /etc/logstash/logstash.yml if you actually have a file there. ---
**Author:** ![rijinmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rijinmp/32/24634_2.png) [@rijinmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rijinmp)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-asking-filter-file-path/150538/6 "2018-10-10T16:31:32Z")
Hi Self healed . I am solved this by copied logstash.yml to /usr/share/logstash/config/ cp /etc/logstash/logstash.yml /usr/share/logstash/config/ Now without -f conf file path ./bin/logstash woking ./bin/logstash working now . Parsing the proper file ---
**Author:** ![rijinmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rijinmp/32/24634_2.png) [@rijinmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rijinmp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-asking-filter-file-path/150538/7 "2018-10-15T21:35:42Z")
Hi All , The error reasons founded..... Reason LS\_HOME and LS\_SETTINGS\_DIR not entered: From terminal try this command to set LS\_HOME and LS\_SETTINGS\_DIR export LS\_HOME=/usr/share/logstash/ export LS\_SETTINGS\_DIR=/etc/logstash/ export PATH=$PATH:$LS\_HOME/bin export PATH ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-asking-filter-file-path/150538/8 "2018-11-12T21:35:43Z")
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