# Logstash fails to create netflow dashboard in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-fails-to-create-netflow-dashboard-in-kibana/191850>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-fails-to-create-netflow-dashboard-in-kibana/191850 "2019-07-23T15:05:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![sgreszcz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sgreszcz/32/46322_2.png) [@sgreszcz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sgreszcz)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-fails-to-create-netflow-dashboard-in-kibana/191850/1 "2019-07-23T15:05:11Z")

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STGRESZC-M-F2Q5:~ stgreszc$ logstash --modules netflow --setup -M netflow.var.input.udp.port=9996 -M netflow.var.kibana.host="elk-alln-001:5601" -M netflow.var.elasticsearch.hosts="elk-alln-001:9200"

Thread.exclusive is deprecated, use Thread::Mutex  
Sending Logstash logs to /usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties  
[2019-07-23T15:55:07,131][WARN][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified  
[2019-07-23T15:55:07,154][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=\>"7.2.0"}  
[2019-07-23T15:55:07,830][INFO][logstash.config.modulescommon] Setting up the netflow module  
[2019-07-23T15:55:08,655][ERROR][logstash.modules.kibanaclient] Error when executing Kibana client request {:error=\>#\<Manticore::UnknownException: Unrecognized SSL message, plaintext connection?\>}  
[2019-07-23T15:55:09,279][ERROR][logstash.modules.kibanaclient] Error when executing Kibana client request {:error=\>#\<Manticore::UnknownException: Unrecognized SSL message, plaintext connection?\>}  
[2019-07-23T15:55:09,452][ERROR][logstash.config.sourceloader] Could not fetch all the sources {:exception=\>LogStash::ConfigLoadingError, :message=\>"Failed to import module configurations to Elasticsearch and/or Kibana. Module: netflow has Elasticsearch hosts: ["elk-alln-001:9200"] and Kibana hosts: ["elk-alln-001:5601"]", :backtrace=\>["/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/modules\_common.rb:108:in `block in pipeline_configs'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1792:in` each'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/modules\_common.rb:54:in `pipeline_configs'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source/modules.rb:14:in` pipeline\_configs'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source\_loader.rb:61:in `block in fetch'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2572:in` collect'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source\_loader.rb:60:in `fetch'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:148:in` converge\_state\_and\_update'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:96:in `execute'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:367:in` block in execute'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/stud-0.0.23/lib/stud/task.rb:24:in `block in initialize'"]} [2019-07-23T15:55:09,462][ERROR][logstash.agent] An exception happened when converging configuration {:exception=>RuntimeError, :message=>"Could not fetch the configuration, message: Failed to import module configurations to Elasticsearch and/or Kibana. Module: netflow has Elasticsearch hosts: [\"elk-alln-001:9200\"] and Kibana hosts: [\"elk-alln-001:5601\"]", :backtrace=>["/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:155:in` converge\_state\_and\_update'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:96:in `execute'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:367:in` block in execute'", "/usr/local/Cellar/logstash/7.2.0/libexec/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/stud-0.0.23/lib/stud/task.rb:24:in `block in initialize'"]}  
[2019-07-23T15:55:09,763][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=\>9600}  
[2019-07-23T15:55:14,755][INFO][logstash.runner] Logstash shut down.

For all general issues, please provide the following details for fast resolution:

- Version: 7.2
- Operating System: (Mac OSX Homebrew)
- Config File (if you have sensitive info, please remove it): using CLI commands from [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/netflow-module.html#configuring-netflow](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/netflow-module.html#configuring-netflow)
- Sample Data:
- Steps to Reproduce: Run logstash 7.2 using CLI (and point to Kibana/ES server using CLI): logstash --modules netflow --setup -M netflow.var.input.udp.port=9996 -M netflow.var.kibana.host="elk-alln-001:5601" -M netflow.var.elasticsearch.hosts="elk-alln-001:9200"

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-fails-to-create-netflow-dashboard-in-kibana/191850/2 "2019-08-20T15:16:13Z")

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