# Logstash cannot find mongodb output plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-find-mongodb-output-plugin/69697>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 21, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-find-mongodb-output-plugin/69697 "2016-12-21T18:36:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Kang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jimmy_kang/32/14050_2.png) [@Jimmy\_Kang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jimmy_Kang)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-find-mongodb-output-plugin/69697/1 "2016-12-21T18:36:35Z")

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```
   output {

	mongodb {

	uri => "url"
	collection => "test"
   	 	database => "test"}

```

Above is my logstash conf file. I have also installed the mongo output plugin and confirmed it is installed.

**Edit, so the plugin is showing when im in the bin folder but in logstash folder it is not showing up. Is there separate places, the plugins are installed to depending on where you run the installation?**

When I run the conf file I am seeing the following error saying it cannot locate this mongodb plugin.

```
:reason=>"Couldn't find any output plugin named 'mongodb'. 
Are you sure this is correct? 
Trying to load the mongodb output plugin resulted in this error: Problems loading the requested plugin named mongodb of type output. Error: NameError NameError"}
```

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-find-mongodb-output-plugin/69697/2 "2016-12-21T23:18:44Z")

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What version are you on, what version of the plugin did you install

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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Kang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jimmy_kang/32/14050_2.png) [@Jimmy\_Kang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jimmy_Kang)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-find-mongodb-output-plugin/69697/4 "2016-12-21T23:41:55Z")

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Using Logstash-5.1.1 pulling the latest logstash-output-mongodb 2.0.5

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-find-mongodb-output-plugin/69697/5 "2016-12-21T23:46:13Z")

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Based on the last commit here - [https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-mongodb](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-output-mongodb) - I'd say it's not compatible at this point.

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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Kang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jimmy_kang/32/14050_2.png) [@Jimmy\_Kang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jimmy_Kang)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-find-mongodb-output-plugin/69697/6 "2016-12-21T23:47:35Z")

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Do I need to use a older version of logstash then?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-find-mongodb-output-plugin/69697/7 "2016-12-21T23:48:14Z")

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Yep, probably 2.4.

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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Kang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jimmy_kang/32/14050_2.png) [@Jimmy\_Kang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jimmy_Kang)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-find-mongodb-output-plugin/69697/8 "2016-12-21T23:51:41Z")

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I see that probably is the issue. Just for reference which part of that github did you see that indicated it's not compatible with the latest version of logstash?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-find-mongodb-output-plugin/69697/9 "2016-12-21T23:52:11Z")

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There's nothing that says it definitively, I am just basing that on the fact that the last commit was well before 5.0 came out.

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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:** [January 18, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-find-mongodb-output-plugin/69697/10 "2017-01-18T23:52:14Z")

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