# Logstash is not reading all the logs
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-all-the-logs/61302
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [September 22, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-all-the-logs/61302 "2016-09-22T18:36:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@vk126y](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vk126y)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-all-the-logs/61302/1 "2016-09-22T18:36:23Z")
I want my logstash to read the following pattern of files from the logs directory
Current Date File -\> server.log
Historical File Name -\> server.log.yyyy-mm-dd
In my system I have 22 files in my logs folder
server.log
server.log.2016-09-22
server.log.2016-09-21
server.log.2016-09-20
server.log.2016-09-19
server.log.2016-09-18
server.log.2016-09-17
and so on in this way everyday files are renamed with date appended to name and current date file is named as server.log
my conf file is as follows
> input {
>
> file {
> type =\> "serverlog"
> path =\> ["E:/Code\_Athon/test/test1/_server.log_"]
> start\_position =\> "beginning"
>
> }
>
> }
`I found the above configuration does not work for me and is reading only server.log file. No past files` ☹
I also tried the below configurations
> input {
>
> file {
> type =\> "serverlog"
> path =\> ["E:/test/test1/server.log","E:/test/test1/server.log\*"]
> start\_position =\> "beginning"
>
> }
>
> }
In the above configuration i observed that logstash picked up server.log and server.log.2016-09-21 and it does not go to other
files in past , may be because of performance issues or worker thread , but I did not get any error on console. ☹
> input {
>
> file {
> type =\> "serverlog"
> path =\> ["E:/test/test1/server.log","E:/test/test1/server.log\*"]
> path =\> ["E:/test/test1/server.log._-_-\*"]
> start\_position =\> "beginning"
>
> }
>
> }
`Even this configuration does not solve my issue.`
> Can anyone suggest what should be my configuration so that my lohgstash can read the current file , past file and daily rollover file
> named as server.log
**Am i missing any configurations here ?**
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-all-the-logs/61302/2 "2016-09-22T18:43:56Z")
You may need to change the [ignore\_older](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-file.html#plugins-inputs-file-ignore_older) setting for the file input plugin in order to make Logstash process older files.
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### Author:  [@vk126y](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vk126y)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-all-the-logs/61302/3 "2016-09-23T06:36:13Z")
Thanks Chris.
It worked out after applying the suggested settings.
Shall I now remove the path filter to skip reading the old files as I have no backlog of logs ?
Regards
Vinay Kumar
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-reading-all-the-logs/61302/4 "2017-07-06T04:37:14Z")