# LogStash conf file help
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-file-help/273705
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 21, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-file-help/273705 "2021-05-21T21:20:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@jasieltego](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasieltego)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-file-help/273705/1 "2021-05-21T21:20:38Z")
Hi,
I have created a logstash conf file. It's just bare bones, trying to get the service up and running so I can practice on my PC. This is what's in the file.
`input {
`stdin {}
`}
`output{
`elasticsearch { hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"] }
`index =\> "indexforlogstash"
`}
the issue is on command prompt I'm running logstash -f C:\path\logstash.conf
but I get the following error.
"Using bundled JDK: ""
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
ERROR: Unknown command 'Search\logstash-7.12.1\bin\logstash.conf'
See: 'bin/logstash --help'
[FATAL] 2021-05-21 14:12:58.338 [main] Logstash - Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit
org.jruby.exceptions.SystemExit: (SystemExit) exit
at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:747) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?]
at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:710) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?]
at C\_3a\_.Elastic\_20\_Search.logstash\_minus\_7\_dot\_12\_dot\_1.vendor.bundle.jruby.$2\_dot\_5\_dot\_0.gems.clamp\_minus\_0\_dot\_6\_dot\_5.lib.clamp.command.run(C:/Elastic Search/logstash-7.12.1/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:137) ~[?:?]
at C\_3a\_.Elastic\_20\_Search.logstash\_minus\_7\_dot\_12\_dot\_1.lib.bootstrap.environment.(C:\Elastic Search\logstash-7.12.1\lib\bootstrap\environment.rb:88) ~[?:?]
is it not finding my conf file? do I need a different version of Java?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-file-help/273705/2 "2021-05-21T22:02:13Z")
Is there a space in the path portion of the filename?
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### Author:  [@jasieltego](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasieltego)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-file-help/273705/3 "2021-05-21T22:09:34Z")
Hi Badger,
Yes, there is a space in the path portion of the filename.
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-file-help/273705/4 "2021-05-21T22:17:56Z")
Then you need quotes around the entire filename
```
logstash -f "/Program Files.../bin/logstash.conf"
```
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### Author:  [@jasieltego](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasieltego)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-file-help/273705/5 "2021-05-21T22:26:31Z")
Thank You Badger, that let me proceed. Unfortunately, I still run into another error.
```auto
C:\Elastic Search\logstash-7.12.1\bin>logstash -f "C:\Elastic Search\logstash-7.12.1\bin\logstash.conf"
"Using bundled JDK: ""
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release.
Sending Logstash logs to C:/Elastic Search/logstash-7.12.1/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties
[2021-05-21T15:23:16,109][INFO][logstash.runner] Log4j configuration path used is: C:\Elastic Search\logstash-7.12.1\config\log4j2.properties
[2021-05-21T15:23:16,120][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"7.12.1", "jruby.version"=>"jruby 9.2.13.0 (2.5.7) 2020-08-03 9a89c94bcc OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 11.0.10+9 on 11.0.10+9 +indy +jit [mswin32-x86_64]"}
[2021-05-21T15:23:16,217][WARN][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified
[2021-05-21T15:23:17,018][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600}
[2021-05-21T15:23:17,162][ERROR][logstash.agent] Failed to execute action {:action=>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline_id:main, :exception=>"LogStash::ConfigurationError", :message=>"Expected one of [\\t\\r\\n], \"#\", \"{\" at line 7, column 7 (byte 87) after output{\r\nelasticsearch { hosts => [\"localhost:9200\"] }\r\nindex ", :backtrace=>["C:/Elastic Search/logstash-7.12.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:32:in `compile_imperative'", "org/logstash/execution/AbstractPipelineExt.java:184:in `initialize'", "org/logstash/execution/JavaBasePipelineExt.java:69:in `initialize'", "C:/Elastic Search/logstash-7.12.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:47:in `initialize'", "C:/Elastic Search/logstash-7.12.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline_action/create.rb:52:in `execute'", "C:/Elastic Search/logstash-7.12.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:389:in `block in converge_state'"]}
[2021-05-21T15:23:17,266][INFO][logstash.runner] Logstash shut down.
[2021-05-21T15:23:17,275][FATAL][org.logstash.Logstash] Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit
org.jruby.exceptions.SystemExit: (SystemExit) exit
at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:747) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?]
at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:710) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?]
at C_3a_.Elastic_20_Search.logstash_minus_7_dot_12_dot_1.lib.bootstrap.environment.(C:\Elastic Search\logstash-7.12.1\lib\bootstrap\environment.rb:89) ~[?:?]``
```
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-file-help/273705/6 "2021-05-21T22:32:52Z")
> [@jasieltego](#):
>
> `:message=>"Expected one of [\\t\\r\\n], \"#\", \"{\" at line 7, column 7 (byte 87) after output{\r\nelasticsearch { hosts => [\"localhost:9200\"] }\r\nindex ", `
```
output{
elasticsearch { hosts => [\"localhost:9200\"] }
index
```
The } at the end of the elasticsearch line ends the configuration of elasticsearch. You will need to move it further down your configuration. It should be
```
output{
elasticsearch {
hosts => ["localhost:9200"]
index => "indexforlogstash"
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@jasieltego](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasieltego)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-file-help/273705/7 "2021-05-22T01:19:43Z")
Thank you, that worked.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-conf-file-help/273705/8 "2021-06-19T01:20:16Z")
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