# Logstash has started but no elastic search index created in kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [October 8, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-has-started-but-no-elastic-search-index-created-in-kibana/151497 "2018-10-08T17:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rakeshcse590](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rakeshcse590/32/20893_2.png) [@Rakeshcse590](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rakeshcse590)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-has-started-but-no-elastic-search-index-created-in-kibana/151497/1 "2018-10-08T17:18:04Z")
Hi , I am trying to push csv data into elastic search db from log stash, I am able to see the message successfully started logstash, But elastic search index was not created. * * * below is my logstash config file input { file{ path =\> "C:\Users\RAKESH\Desktop\Kibana\Data\JMeterRes.csv" start\_position =\> "beginning" sincedb\_path =\> "nul" } } filter { if ([timeStamp] == "timeStamp") { drop {} }else{ csv{ columns =\> ["timeStamp","elapsed","label","responseCode","threadName","success","bytes","sentBytes","grpThreads","allThreads","Latency","SampleCount","ErrorCount","Hostname","Connect"] separator =\> "," skip\_header =\> true convert =\> {"elapsed" =\> "integer" "bytes" =\> "integer" "sentBytes" =\> "integer" "SampleCount" =\> "integer" "ErrorCount" =\> "integer" "grpThreads" =\> "integer" "allThreads" =\> "integer" } } } mutate { rename =\> { "timeStamp" =\> "time\_stamp" "elapsed" =\> "response\_time" "label" =\> "transaction\_name" "responseCode" =\> "response\_code" "threadName" =\> "thread\_name" "success" =\> "success\_status" "sentBytes" =\> "sent\_bytes" "grpThreads" =\> "grp\_threads" "allThreads" =\> "active\_users" "Latency" =\> "latency" "SampleCount" =\> "sample\_count" "ErrorCount" =\> "error\_count" "Hostname" =\> "loadagent\_name" "Connect" =\> "connect" } } } output { elasticsearch { hosts =\> "localhost:9200" index =\> "Rakesh-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}" } stdout { codec =\> rubydebug } } * * * Below is the debug log of logstash. [2018-10-08T22:19:25,906][DEBUG][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Normalizing http path {:path=\>nil, :normalized=\>nil} [2018-10-08T22:19:28,996][INFO][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Elasticsearch pool URLs updated {:changes=\>{:removed=\>[], :added=\>[[http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/)]}} [2018-10-08T22:19:29,011][INFO][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Running health check to see if an Elasticsearch connection is working {:healthcheck\_url=\>[http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/), :path=\>"/"} [2018-10-08T22:19:30,275][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ParNew"} [2018-10-08T22:19:30,275][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ConcurrentMarkSweep"} [2018-10-08T22:19:31,149][WARN][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Restored connection to ES instance {:url=\>"[http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/)"} [2018-10-08T22:19:31,913][INFO][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] ES Output version determined {:es\_version=\>6} [2018-10-08T22:19:31,929][WARN][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Detected a 6.x and above cluster: the `type` event field won't be used to determine the document \_type {:es\_version=\>6} [2018-10-08T22:19:31,991][INFO][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] New Elasticsearch output {:class=\>"LogStash::Outputs::ElasticSearch", :hosts=\>["[//localhost:9200](https://localhost:9200)"]} [2018-10-08T22:19:32,038][INFO][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Using mapping template from {:path=\>nil} [2018-10-08T22:19:32,038][DEBUG][logstash.filters.csv] CSV parsing options {:col\_sep=\>",", :quote\_char=\>"""} [2018-10-08T22:19:32,116][INFO][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Attempting to install template {:manage\_template=\>{"template"=\>"logstash-_", "version"=\>60001, "settings"=\>{"index.refresh\_interval"=\>"5s"}, "mappings"=\>{"default"=\>{"dynamic\_templates"=\>[{"message\_field"=\>{"path\_match"=\>"message", "match\_mapping\_type"=\>"string", "mapping"=\>{"type"=\>"text", "norms"=\>false}}}, {"string\_fields"=\>{"match"=\>"_", "match\_mapping\_type"=\>"string", "mapping"=\>{"type"=\>"text", "norms"=\>false, "fields"=\>{"keyword"=\>{"type"=\>"keyword", "ignore\_above"=\>256}}}}}], "properties"=\>{"@timestamp"=\>{"type"=\>"date"}, "@version"=\>{"type"=\>"keyword"}, "geoip"=\>{"dynamic"=\>true, "properties"=\>{"ip"=\>{"type"=\>"ip"}, "location"=\>{"type"=\>"geo\_point"}, "latitude"=\>{"type"=\>"half\_float"}, "longitude"=\>{"type"=\>"half\_float"}}}}}}}} [2018-10-08T22:19:32,225][DEBUG][logstash.outputs.elasticsearch] Found existing Elasticsearch template. Skipping template management {:name=\>"logstash"} [2018-10-08T22:19:33,927][INFO][logstash.pipeline] Pipeline started successfully {:pipeline\_id=\>"main", :thread=\>"#\"} [2018-10-08T22:19:34,005][INFO][filewatch.observingtail] START, creating Discoverer, Watch with file and sincedb collections [2018-10-08T22:19:34,161][INFO][logstash.agent] Pipelines running {:count=\>1, :running\_pipelines=\>[:main], :non\_running\_pipelines=\>[]} [2018-10-08T22:19:34,208][DEBUG][logstash.agent] Starting puma [2018-10-08T22:19:34,224][DEBUG][logstash.agent] Trying to start WebServer {:port=\>9600} [2018-10-08T22:19:34,286][DEBUG][logstash.api.service] [api-service] start [2018-10-08T22:19:35,280][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ParNew"} [2018-10-08T22:19:35,280][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ConcurrentMarkSweep"} [2018-10-08T22:19:35,390][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=\>9600} [2018-10-08T22:19:38,932][DEBUG][logstash.pipeline] Pushing flush onto pipeline {:pipeline\_id=\>"main", :thread=\>"#\"} [2018-10-08T22:19:40,289][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ParNew"} [2018-10-08T22:19:40,305][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ConcurrentMarkSweep"} [2018-10-08T22:19:43,952][DEBUG][logstash.pipeline] Pushing flush onto pipeline {:pipeline\_id=\>"main", :thread=\>"#\"} [2018-10-08T22:19:45,318][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ParNew"} [2018-10-08T22:19:45,318][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ConcurrentMarkSweep"} [2018-10-08T22:19:48,953][DEBUG][logstash.pipeline] Pushing flush onto pipeline {:pipeline\_id=\>"main", :thread=\>"#\"} [2018-10-08T22:19:50,334][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ParNew"} [2018-10-08T22:19:50,334][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ConcurrentMarkSweep"} ---
**Author:** ![balumurari1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/balumurari1/32/39203_2.png) [@balumurari1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/balumurari1)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-has-started-but-no-elastic-search-index-created-in-kibana/151497/2 "2018-10-09T04:42:22Z")
change the path as shown below, path =\> "C:/Users/RAKESH/Desktop/Kibana/Data/JMeterRes.csv" ---
**Author:** ![Rakeshcse590](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rakeshcse590/32/20893_2.png) [@Rakeshcse590](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rakeshcse590)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-has-started-but-no-elastic-search-index-created-in-kibana/151497/3 "2018-10-09T13:33:34Z")
Thank you so much @balumurari1. It worked with rge forward slash. Could you please explain why the path taking forward slash. Thanks, Rakesh ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-has-started-but-no-elastic-search-index-created-in-kibana/151497/4 "2018-11-06T13:33:35Z")
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