Logstash is not reading data

HI,
I installed ELK 5.3 version.

When I start logstash to read the file for first time/even fresh file its not reading the data.

If I un-comment start_position, then Logstash reading data. otherwise its not...

The following is the config,

input {
file {
path => "/var/log/tomcat/file.txt"

start_position => "beginning"

  sincedb_path => "/dev/null"
  ignore_older => 0

}
}
filter {
grok {
match => { "message" => "%{COMMONAPACHELOG}" }
}
}
output {
stdout { codec => rubydebug }
elasticsearch {
hosts => "IP"
index => "logstash-%{+YYYY-MM-dd}"
}
}

Logstash running through command as follows,

./bin/logstash --path.settings /etc/logstash -f /path/Sample.conf

Please suggest if I miss anything

Thanks,
Uday.K

Your ignore_older => 0 setting tells the file input to ignore any files older than 0 seconds, which will basically be every file. This may explain the behavior you are seeing.

I recommend removing this setting.

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