# Logstash installation paused in ubuntu server

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-paused-in-ubuntu-server/366671>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 17, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-paused-in-ubuntu-server/366671 "2024-09-17T12:00:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raquel\_N\_Souza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raquel_n_souza/32/137638_2.png) [@Raquel\_N\_Souza](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raquel_N_Souza)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-paused-in-ubuntu-server/366671/1 "2024-09-17T12:00:56Z")

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Hello, I'm installing logstash on the Ubuntu server, but when I get to this point, the terminal simply stops and I don't know what to do, could anyone help me?

 ![WhatsApp Image 2024-09-17 at 08.56.57](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/0/b0f35835bd173a039f072d8c676a9c911cd9e6fa.jpeg)

the command I'm using: sudo bin/logstash -f /etc/logstash/conf.d/logstash.conf

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-paused-in-ubuntu-server/366671/2 "2024-09-17T12:35:20Z")

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That looks like it has successfully started. It's not going to log anything if it is successfully processing events unless your configuration tells it to.

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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 17, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-paused-in-ubuntu-server/366671/3 "2024-09-17T12:37:10Z")

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Welcome to the community!

I would say this is OK since the pipeline has been started. It seems you are reading a file, which also using the sincedb file. When a file had been read, it's been recorded to sincedb, the path is in 4th line, and LS will wait for a new line.

You have two options:  
a) record a new line in your log  
b) use `sincedb_path => "/dev/null"` in `input{ file {...` which keeps sincedb in the memory. On every LS restart, the log will be read again.