# Logstash is not getting started

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-getting-started/192484>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [July 26, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-getting-started/192484 "2019-07-26T17:19:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Pradyumna\_Jha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Pradyumna\_Jha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pradyumna_Jha)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-getting-started/192484/1 "2019-07-26T17:19:15Z")

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When we are starting logstash it is perpetually stuck at [2019-07-26T22:23:21,607][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=\>"7.2.0"}

Requesting all to please reply and help ASAP.

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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:** [July 26, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-getting-started/192484/2 "2019-07-26T17:30:29Z")

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Try adding --log.level debug to the command line, or adjusting the log.level in logstash.yml

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**Author:** ![Pradyumna\_Jha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Pradyumna\_Jha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Pradyumna_Jha)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-getting-started/192484/3 "2019-07-26T17:35:24Z")

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[2019-07-26T23:01:54,950][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.os] Starting {:polling\_interval=\>5, :polling\_timeout=\>120}  
[2019-07-26T23:01:55,042][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.cgroup] One or more required cgroup files or directories not found: /proc/self/cgroup, /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct, /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu  
[2019-07-26T23:01:55,756][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] Starting {:polling\_interval=\>5, :polling\_timeout=\>120}  
[2019-07-26T23:01:56,291][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ParNew"}  
[2019-07-26T23:01:56,309][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ConcurrentMarkSweep"}  
[2019-07-26T23:01:56,346][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.persistentqueue] Starting {:polling\_interval=\>5, :polling\_timeout=\>120}  
[2019-07-26T23:01:56,378][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.deadletterqueue] Starting {:polling\_interval=\>5, :polling\_timeout=\>120}  
[2019-07-26T23:01:56,533][DEBUG][logstash.agent] Starting agent  
[2019-07-26T23:01:56,718][DEBUG][logstash.config.source.local.configpathloader] Skipping the following files while reading config since they don't match the specified glob pattern {:files=\>["C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/CONTRIBUTORS", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/Gemfile", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/Gemfile.lock", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/LICENSE.txt", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/NOTICE.TXT", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/bin", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/config", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/data", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/db", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/lib", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/logs", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/logstash-core", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/logstash-core-plugin-api", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/modules", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/realdb", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/tools", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/vendor", "C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/x-pack"]}  
[2019-07-26T23:01:56,729][DEBUG][logstash.config.source.local.configpathloader] Reading config file {:config\_file=\>"C:/Users/mtahilramani/Documents/Mann/i3/logstash-7.2.0-old/logstash-7.2.0/logstashrt.conf"}  
[2019-07-26T23:01:56,937][DEBUG][logstash.agent] Converging pipelines state {:actions\_count=\>1}  
[2019-07-26T23:01:56,976][DEBUG][logstash.agent] Executing action {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline\_id:main}  
[2019-07-26T23:02:00,846][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.cgroup] One or more required cgroup files or directories not found: /proc/self/cgroup, /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct, /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu  
[2019-07-26T23:02:01,562][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ParNew"}  
[2019-07-26T23:02:01,575][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ConcurrentMarkSweep"}  
[2019-07-26T23:02:06,107][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.cgroup] One or more required cgroup files or directories not found: /proc/self/cgroup, /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct, /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu  
[2019-07-26T23:02:06,742][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ParNew"}  
[2019-07-26T23:02:06,762][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ConcurrentMarkSweep"}  
[2019-07-26T23:02:11,126][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.cgroup] One or more required cgroup files or directories not found: /proc/self/cgroup, /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct, /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu  
[2019-07-26T23:02:11,790][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ParNew"}  
[2019-07-26T23:02:11,797][DEBUG][logstash.instrument.periodicpoller.jvm] collector name {:name=\>"ConcurrentMarkSweep"}

Seems like it is looping and logging the same thing again and again

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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:** [August 23, 2019, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-getting-started/192484/4 "2019-08-23T17:35:26Z")

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