# Logstash implement error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-implement-error/96088>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 7, 2017, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-implement-error/96088 "2017-08-07T10:53:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![hadivarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8c91f0/32.png) [@hadivarp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hadivarp)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-implement-error/96088/1 "2017-08-07T10:53:11Z")

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I want to Implement logstash and follow every steps witch logstash document explain but Logstash gave me this error is any one know what should I do ?

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Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: ManagerFactory [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$RollingFileManagerFactory@389fe1ee] unable to create manager for [/home/logserver/logstash/logs/logstash-slowlog-plain.log] with data [org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager$FactoryData@2ce3d4bb[pattern=/home/logserver/logstash/logs/logstash-slowlog-plain-%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log, append=true, bufferedIO=true, bufferSize=8192, policy=CompositeTriggeringPolicy(policies=[TimeBasedTriggeringPolicy(nextRolloverMillis=0, interval=1, modulate=true)]), strategy=DefaultRolloverStrategy(min=1, max=7), advertiseURI=null, layout=org.apache.logging.log4j.core.layout.JsonLayout@2f5a22ae]]
	at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.AbstractManager.getManager(AbstractManager.java:75)
	at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.OutputStreamManager.getManager(OutputStreamManager.java:81)
	at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.rolling.RollingFileManager.getFileManager(RollingFileManager.java:103)
	at org.apache.logging.log4j.core.appender.RollingFileAppender.createAppender(RollingFileAppender.java:191)
	... 105 more

2017-08-07 00:09:03,662 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.
2017-08-07 00:09:03,663 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.
2017-08-07 00:09:03,663 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.
2017-08-07 00:09:03,664 main ERROR Null object returned for RollingFile in Appenders.
2017-08-07 00:09:03,664 main ERROR Unable to locate appender "plain_rolling" for logger config "root"
2017-08-07 00:09:03,665 main ERROR Unable to locate appender "plain_rolling_slowlog" for logger config "slowlog"
[2017-08-07T00:09:03,739][FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=>#<ArgumentError: Path "/home/logserver/logstash/data/queue" must be a writable directory. It is not writable.>, :backtrace=>["/home/logserver/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:439:in `validate'", "/home/logserver/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:222:in `validate_value'", "/home/logserver/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:138:in `validate_all'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1342:in `each'", "/home/logserver/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:137:in `validate_all'", "/home/logserver/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:244:in `execute'", "/home/logserver/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'", "/home/logserver/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:209:in `run'", "/home/logserver/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'", "/home/logserver/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:71:in `(root)'"]}
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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-implement-error/96088/2 "2017-08-07T11:24:00Z")

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Here's the problem:

> Path "/home/logserver/logstash/data/queue" must be a writable directory. It is not writable.

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**Author:** ![hadivarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8c91f0/32.png) [@hadivarp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/hadivarp)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-implement-error/96088/3 "2017-08-07T11:47:27Z")

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could you please tell me how should I change this Path “/home/logserver/logstash/data/queue” writable because I read this [article](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/libbeat/current/config-file-permissions.html) witch explain about change permission in filebeat and I follow steps like this **chmod 777 /queue** but it said that **there is no such file or directory**.

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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:** [September 4, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-implement-error/96088/4 "2017-09-04T11:47:37Z")

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