Logstash Configuration file is not working its giving error

Elastic Stack Logstash
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Hello All,

I am using Elastic Stack 6.2.0.

Elasticsearch and Kibana working fine but When i run any logstash config file then its giving following error:

WARNING: Could not find logstash.yml which is typically located in $LS_HOME/config or /etc/logstash. You can specify the path using --path.settings. Continuing using the defaults
Could not find log4j2 configuration at path /usr/share/logstash/config/log4j2.properties. Using default config which logs errors to the console
[INFO ] 2018-02-15 11:08:59.847 [main] scaffold - Initializing module {:module_name=>"fb_apache", :directory=>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/fb_apache/configuration"}
[INFO ] 2018-02-15 11:08:59.855 [main] scaffold - Initializing module {:module_name=>"netflow", :directory=>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/netflow/configuration"}
[FATAL] 2018-02-15 11:08:59.883 [main] runner - An unexpected error occurred! {:error=>#<ArgumentError: Path "/usr/share/logstash/data" must be a writable directory. It is not writable.>, :backtrace=>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:448:in validate'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:230:invalidate_value'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:141:in block in validate_all'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1343:ineach'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:140:in validate_all'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:264:inexecute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:219:inrun'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in run'", "/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:67:in'"]}
[ERROR] 2018-02-15 11:08:59.889 [main] Logstash - java.lang.IllegalStateException: org.jruby.exceptions.RaiseException: (SystemExit) exit

Please help me to resolve this problem.

Thanks & Regards,
Krunal.

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Path "/usr/share/logstash/data" must be a writable directory. It is not writable.

Here's the problem in plain text.

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Thnks @magnusbaeck for reaching out it solved now.

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Hy Guys,

I try to configure the Elastic Stack 6.2.1 in Docker but I am not able to get Logstash running:

I dont know what to do, I am trying this for 3 days now:

Here is my console log:
logstash | Could not find log4j2 configuration at path /usr/share/logstash/config/log4j2.properties. Using default config which logs errors to the console
logstash | [INFO ] 2018-02-17 12:31:49.165 [main] scaffold - Initializing module {:module_name=>"netflow", :directory=>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/netflow/configuration"}
logstash | [INFO ] 2018-02-17 12:31:49.170 [main] scaffold - Initializing module {:module_name=>"fb_apache", :directory=>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/fb_apache/configuration"}
logstash | [INFO ] 2018-02-17 12:31:49.660 [main] scaffold - Initializing module {:module_name=>"arcsight", :directory=>"/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/x-pack-6.2.1-java/modules/arcsight/configuration"}
logstash | [FATAL] 2018-02-17 12:31:49.677 [main] runner - An unexpected error occurred! {:error=>#<ArgumentError: Setting "elasticsearch.url" hasn't been registered>, :backtrace=>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:37:in get_setting'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:70:inset_value'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:89:in block in merge'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1343:ineach'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:89:in merge'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:138:invalidate_all'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:264:in execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:inrun'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:219:in run'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:inrun'", "/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:67:in `'"]}
logstash | [ERROR] 2018-02-17 12:31:49.681 [main] Logstash - java.lang.IllegalStateException: org.jruby.exceptions.RaiseException: (SystemExit) exit

Please help me to resolve this problem.

Sanchez (not a mexican)

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@Sanchez_roxx, please start your own thread for your unrelated problem.

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