# Logstash error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error/377282>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 18, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error/377282 "2025-04-18T11:06:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sreya\_14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sreya\_14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sreya_14)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error/377282/1 "2025-04-18T11:06:47Z")

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I am getting below error in logstash log

```auto
Apr 18 12:24:19 pldevelk03 logstash[12013]: ERROR: Failed to parse YAML file "/etc/logstash/logstash.yml". Please confirm if the YAML structure is valid (e.g. look for
Apr 18 12:24:19 pldevelk03 logstash[12013]: [FATAL] 2025-04-18 12:24:19.828 [main] Logstash - Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit

```

I checked logstash.yml but not able to find any error .Please help finding me error in yaml file

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**Author:** ![RainTown](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raintown/32/140206_2.png) [@RainTown](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RainTown)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error/377282/2 "2025-04-18T11:28:52Z")

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sharing the file might help us help you?

You can also try tools like

> **[yamllint documentation — yamllint 1.37.0 documentation](https://yamllint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)**

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**Author:** ![Rios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rios/32/95745_2.png) [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error/377282/3 "2025-04-18T12:43:06Z")

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You can use :

- LS parameter -t or --config.test\_and\_exit, it's the same, to test .conf including and logstash.yml i.e.  
`bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/file.cont -t`  
Full list of LS params you can find [here](https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/logstash/running-logstash-command-line).
- tool like [YAML Lint](https://www.yamllint.com/)
- copy here, remove sensitive data

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**Author:** ![sreya\_14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sreya\_14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sreya_14)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-error/377282/4 "2025-04-25T10:01:39Z")

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this is solved now ,thanks