# Logstash is not picking config file under /etc/logstash/conf.d/ directory **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [August 31, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-picking-config-file-under-etc-logstash-conf-d-directory/98987 "2017-08-31T11:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rajesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@rajesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajesh)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-picking-config-file-under-etc-logstash-conf-d-directory/98987/1 "2017-08-31T11:09:28Z")
Hi.. I am running Logstash as a service on Redhat distribution with the command "sudo initctl start logstash" and when I checked the status, it says Logstash is running. But the problem is it's not using the config file under /etc/logstash/conf.d/ directory. My settings in logstash.yml are as below, path.config: /etc/logstash/conf.d/ path.level: debug path.logs: /var/log/logstash/ Even though path.logs(level:debug) in logstash.yml is set to /var/log/logstash/ , I don't see any logs written to the file. Can someone please help me resolve the issue? Thanks in advance... ---
**Author:** ![rajesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@rajesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rajesh)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-picking-config-file-under-etc-logstash-conf-d-directory/98987/2 "2017-09-01T14:44:15Z")
I got it solved by changing the owner to logstash. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-picking-config-file-under-etc-logstash-conf-d-directory/98987/3 "2017-09-29T14:44:16Z")
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