# Logstash Conf Error For Tweet **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [May 3, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086 "2016-05-03T16:56:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teatone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teatone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/1 "2016-05-03T16:56:24Z")
Hi, I'm trying to do [this](http://david.pilato.fr/blog/2015/06/01/indexing-twitter-with-logstash-and-elasticsearch/) . But when i wrote all configurations and restart logstash. This error appears "Configuration error. Not restarting. Re-run with configtest parameter for details" . I tryied to find out this error step by step. Then i figure it out it's about my output configuration. I'm using digitalocean droplet with elk logging stack so it all set up already. I'm just trying to implement twitter configuration. I need help. this is my default output conf `output { elasticsearch { hosts => ["localhost:9200"] sniffing => true manage_template => false index => "%{[@metadata][beat]}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}" document_type => "%{[@metadata][type]}" } }` ---
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/2 "2016-05-03T23:11:56Z")
Does it error if you run LS and refer to the conf file manually? ---
**Author:** ![teatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teatone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teatone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/3 "2016-05-04T05:19:07Z")
I don't know how to do it manually. Can you show me? ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/4 "2016-05-04T05:31:47Z")
> This error appears "Configuration error. Not restarting. Re-run with configtest parameter for details" . Run `/path/to/logstash --configtest -f /path/to/configfile` to get details. ---
**Author:** ![teatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teatone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teatone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/5 "2016-05-04T05:48:07Z")
I get command not found. I'm using ubuntu. I think its about syntax. Could you show me with more detail. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/6 "2016-05-04T05:50:17Z")
It sounds like you didn't replace /path/to with the actual path to the Logstash binary (probably /opt/logstash/bin) and the path to your configuration file (probably /etc/logstash/conf.d). ---
**Author:** ![teatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teatone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teatone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/7 "2016-05-04T05:53:42Z")
`root@client:/etc/logstash/conf.d# --configtest -f 02-beats-input.conf` it's like this. I think i did wrong ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/8 "2016-05-04T05:56:54Z")
Your command should have the form `/path/to/logstash --configtest -f /path/to/configfile`, with /path/to replaced by the actual paths to the Logstash binary and your configuration file. ---
**Author:** ![teatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teatone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teatone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/9 "2016-05-04T06:04:22Z")
`root@client:/opt/logstash/bin# --configtest -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/02-beats-input.conf` it's not working. Where did i wrong? [![](http://i.hizliresim.com/ZkbXrz.png) ](http://i.hizliresim.com/ZkbXrz.png) [![](http://i.hizliresim.com/Vaq9ZR.png) ](http://i.hizliresim.com/Vaq9ZR.png) ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/10 "2016-05-04T06:33:03Z")
The command you're running is `--configtest -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/02-beats-input.conf`. You're not including the Logstash command. Over and out. ---
**Author:** ![teatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teatone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teatone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/11 "2016-05-04T07:02:53Z")
I get this `root@client:/opt/logstash/bin# /opt/logstash/bin/logstash --configtest -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/30-elasticsearch-output.conf Connection refused {:class=>"Manticore::SocketException", :level=>:error} Connection refused {:class=>"Manticore::SocketException", :level=>:error} Configuration OK` this is my output conf `output { stdout { codec => dots } elasticsearch { hosts => "localhost" index => "twitter" document_type => "tweet" template => "twitter_template.json" template_name => "twitter" } }` ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/12 "2016-05-04T07:06:03Z")
Ok, so take a look at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-outputs-elasticsearch.html) and make some corrections 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teatone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teatone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/13 "2016-05-04T07:20:07Z")
I edit my last post ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/14 "2016-05-04T07:20:38Z")
Is ES running? Can you `curl localhost:9200` and get a response? ---
**Author:** ![teatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teatone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teatone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/15 "2016-05-04T07:21:28Z")
> [@warkolm](#): > > curl localhost:9200 root@client:~# curl localhost:9200 curl: (7) Failed to connect to localhost port 9200: Connection refused ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/16 "2016-05-04T07:25:47Z")
Ok, so ES isn't running on localhost. Is that where you installed it? Is the service running? You need to do a bit of investigation on your own here, we don't have access to your systems 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teatone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teatone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/17 "2016-05-04T07:32:53Z")
I'm working on digitalocean droplet. I don't know where to look. But thanks anyway. You said it i have to figure it out some how ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/18 "2016-05-04T07:33:10Z")
Have you even installed Elasticsearch? ---
**Author:** ![teatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teatone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/teatone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/19 "2016-05-04T07:34:14Z")
yes it has been installed. before the twitter configuration. all system is working fine. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086/20 "2016-05-04T07:35:48Z")
If ES is not responding to `localhost:9200` then something is not right there. [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-error-for-tweet/49086.md?page=2)