# Logstash bind error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-bind-error/54864>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 6, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-bind-error/54864 "2016-07-06T18:56:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Dalton\_Culp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Dalton\_Culp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dalton_Culp)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-bind-error/54864/1 "2016-07-06T18:56:35Z")

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when i run logstash in the foreground i get an error that says "Address already in use - bind - Address already in use". Any idea on how to fix this?

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**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:** [July 6, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-bind-error/54864/2 "2016-07-06T19:00:34Z")

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Let's discuss this in [Cannot get winlogbeats into logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-get-winlogbeats-into-logstash/54787/8) where I just responded to the same question.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-bind-error/54864/3 "2017-07-06T04:49:16Z")

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