# Logstash cannot Index Log Files into Elasticsearch
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-index-log-files-into-elasticsearch/290408
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 29, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-index-log-files-into-elasticsearch/290408 "2021-11-29T08:54:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Amol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amol)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-index-log-files-into-elasticsearch/290408/1 "2021-11-29T08:54:05Z")
Could anyone please help, as i have a logstash config file which need to pick log file when it is updated with new logs. once logstash is started it is working fine, but next day the log file is updated but the data is not indexed to elk.
```auto
file{
type => "AAM"
path => ["/usr/aam/R11.2.4/logs/marketing.log"]
start_position => "beginning"
sincedb_path => "/home/btuser/Elastic/logstash-7.13.3/data/amm_core"
mode => "tail"
}
```
Please help in this.
Many thanks!
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### Author:  [@AquaX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AquaX)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-index-log-files-into-elasticsearch/290408/2 "2021-12-01T19:31:11Z")
Have you tried using filebeat instead?
You may have more success using it instead and then sending the data to a beats input in logstash.
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### Author:  [@Amol](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amol)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-index-log-files-into-elasticsearch/290408/3 "2021-12-04T04:00:14Z")
Thank you for your idea.
Yes, working on file beat.
Facing issue when providing multiple paths in filebeat.yml.
this is format:
- "user/folder1/\*.log "
- "user/folder2/\*.log "
is it correct on Linux server?
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### Author:  [@AquaX](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AquaX)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-index-log-files-into-elasticsearch/290408/4 "2021-12-05T12:20:06Z")
Can you post the input of your config file?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-cannot-index-log-files-into-elasticsearch/290408/5 "2022-01-02T12:20:21Z")
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