# Logstash file plugin on windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-plugin-on-windows/342852>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 12, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-plugin-on-windows/342852 "2023-09-12T14:31:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![mahmoud.shsuite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mahmoud.shsuite/32/125555_2.png) [@mahmoud.shsuite](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mahmoud.shsuite)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-plugin-on-windows/342852/1 "2023-09-12T14:31:27Z")

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I've just installed logstach version 8.9.2 on windows and tried to do first file sample but I am greeting `message=>"Unable to configure plugins: (PluginLoadingError) Couldn't find any input plugin named 'file'`

I insured that file plugin is installed and i reinstalled it but getting same error

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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:** [September 12, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-plugin-on-windows/342852/2 "2023-09-12T20:50:13Z")

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Can you show your .conf file?

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**Author:** ![mahmoud.shsuite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mahmoud.shsuite/32/125555_2.png) [@mahmoud.shsuite](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mahmoud.shsuite)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-plugin-on-windows/342852/3 "2023-09-13T09:21:49Z")

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```auto
# Sample Logstash configuration for creating a simple

input {
  file {
   path=> "D:/log/*.log"
   start_position => "beginning"
  }
}

output {
  elasticsearch {
    hosts => ["http://localhost:9200"]
    index => "cate-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}"
  }
}

```

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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:** [September 13, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-plugin-on-windows/342852/4 "2023-09-13T10:19:21Z")

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Conf looks OK.  
Check does the file plugin exist:

`logstash-plugin list`

If is missing, try to download LS again. For sure LS 8.9.2 is working on Windows.

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**Author:** ![mahmoud.shsuite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mahmoud.shsuite/32/125555_2.png) [@mahmoud.shsuite](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mahmoud.shsuite)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-plugin-on-windows/342852/5 "2023-09-13T11:54:23Z")

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![file-pluginpng](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/a/4a6a21bd71555580270f86b4b2c7bd74668a2e6b.png)  
this is print screen for listed plugins and the error

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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:** [September 13, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-plugin-on-windows/342852/6 "2023-09-13T12:42:41Z")

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You should have the logstash\vendor\bundle\jruby\2.6.0\gems\logstash-input-file-4.4.4 directory with 45 files, 12 subolders. Check it pls.

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**Author:** ![mahmoud.shsuite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mahmoud.shsuite/32/125555_2.png) [@mahmoud.shsuite](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mahmoud.shsuite)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-plugin-on-windows/342852/7 "2023-09-13T19:30:03Z")

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Yes the directory exists with 45 files and 12 subfolders

 ![jruby.2.6](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/0/b03c9eb690d668cf0d5a22d174ef4347934b4b54.png)

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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:** [September 13, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-plugin-on-windows/342852/8 "2023-09-13T20:03:41Z")

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This looks like Powershell without admin rights.

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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:** [October 11, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-file-plugin-on-windows/342852/9 "2023-10-11T20:03:46Z")

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