# Logstash input configure

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-configure/110275>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [December 5, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-configure/110275 "2017-12-05T07:53:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![abu.sayeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@abu.sayeed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abu.sayeed)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-configure/110275/1 "2017-12-05T07:53:08Z")

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cat /etc/logstash/conf.d/02-beats-input.conf

input {  
beats {  
path =\> "/var/log/messages"  
type =\> syslog  
}

beats {  
path =\> "/var/log/apache/access.log"  
type =\> apache  
}  
port =\> 5044  
ssl =\> true  
ssl\_certificate =\> "/etc/pki/tls/certs/office-logstash.crt"  
ssl\_key =\> "/etc/pki/tls/private/office-logstash.key"  
}

/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/02-beats-input.conf --config.test\_and\_exit

[FATAL] 2017-12-05 13:35:37.783 [LogStash::Runner] runner - The given configuration is invalid. Reason: Expected one of #, { at line 11, column 10 (byte 160) after input {  
beats {  
path =\> "/var/log/messages"  
type =\> syslog  
}

beats {  
path =\> "/var/log/apache/access.log"  
type =\> apache  
}  
port

what is wrong?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-configure/110275/2 "2017-12-05T08:24:30Z")

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You have a beats input that based on the parameters look like it should be a file input. Your ssl parameters also do not seem to belong to any plugin.

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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:** [January 2, 2018, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-input-configure/110275/3 "2018-01-02T08:24:35Z")

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