# Logstash file input plugin
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-input-plugin/332259
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 2, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-input-plugin/332259 "2023-05-02T10:51:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Neelam\_Zanvar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Neelam_Zanvar)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-input-plugin/332259/1 "2023-05-02T10:51:27Z")
Hi,
I am trying to use logstash file input plugin. I want to pick files from multiple locations and send them to different indices. Here is my config
```auto
nput {
file {
type => "TomEE-logs-passport"
path => "/etc/logstash/logs/TomEE.2023-04-19.log"
}
file {
type => "TomEE-access-passport"
path => "/etc/logstash/logs/localhost_access_log..2023-04-20.txt"
}
}
output {
if [type] == "TomEE-logs-passport" {
elasticsearch {
hosts => "http://ip:9200"
user => "elastic"
password => "pwd"
index => "%{type}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
}
}
if [type] == "TomEE-access-passport" {
elasticsearch {
hosts => "http://IP:9200"
user => "elastic"
password => "pwd"
index => "%{type}-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
}
}
}
```
After this is do config test, it shows ok. Then i restart logstash. There are no errors but there is no data also in elastic stack. Am i missing something. I have installed the file input plugin too
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### Author:  [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-input-plugin/332259/2 "2023-05-03T10:54:05Z")
Hi @Neelam_Zanvar,
Can you change the logging level to debug and see if there is any additional information coming through in the logs? There is [details in the docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/logging.html) to help.
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### Author:  [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-input-plugin/332259/3 "2023-05-03T12:32:48Z")
And again...Your file has been read. The line tracking is recorded in [the sincedb database file](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-file.html#plugins-inputs-file-sincedb_path). The sincedb can be in the runtime, if you set to null.
Also would recommend to you to read about File Input Configuration Options.
```auto
input {
file {
type => "TomEE-logs-passport"
path => "/etc/logstash/logs/TomEE.2023-04-19.log"
start_position => "beginning" # default is end
sincedb_path => "/dev/null"
sincedb_clean_after => "1 hour" # this is optionally
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-input-plugin/332259/4 "2023-05-31T12:33:44Z")
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