# Logstash is not starting.. i have installed a new version of Logstash 7.16.1 , it crashes saying fatal error **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [December 15, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-i-have-installed-a-new-version-of-logstash-7-16-1-it-crashes-saying-fatal-error/292026 "2021-12-15T17:31:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AKAM14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AKAM14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKAM14)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-i-have-installed-a-new-version-of-logstash-7-16-1-it-crashes-saying-fatal-error/292026/1 "2021-12-15T17:31:53Z")
Logstash is not starting, I have installed Logstash 7.16.1, this is the error i am getting in logstash [2021-12-15T17:28:43,113][ERROR][logstash.config.sourceloader] No configuration found in the configured sources. [2021-12-15T17:28:43,238][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=\>9600, :ssl\_enabled=\>false} [2021-12-15T17:28:48,366][INFO][logstash.runner] Logstash shut down. [2021-12-15T17:28:48,381][FATAL][org.logstash.Logstash] Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit org.jruby.exceptions.SystemExit: (SystemExit) exit at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:747) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.20.1.jar:?] at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:710) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.20.1.jar:?] ---
**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:** [December 15, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-i-have-installed-a-new-version-of-logstash-7-16-1-it-crashes-saying-fatal-error/292026/2 "2021-12-15T17:37:34Z")
> [@AKAM14](#): > > No configuration found in the configured sources See [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/fatal-470-logstash-stopped-processing-because-of-an-error-systemexit-exit/273091/2) answer. ---
**Author:** ![AKAM14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AKAM14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKAM14)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-i-have-installed-a-new-version-of-logstash-7-16-1-it-crashes-saying-fatal-error/292026/3 "2021-12-15T17:53:58Z")
input { stdin { } } output { Elasticsearch { hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"] } stdout { codec =\> rubydebug } } I have saved this in a logstash conf file.. and running a command from Powershell bin/logstash -f logstash.conf ---
**Author:** ![AKAM14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AKAM14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKAM14)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-i-have-installed-a-new-version-of-logstash-7-16-1-it-crashes-saying-fatal-error/292026/4 "2021-12-16T05:02:31Z")
I am running the command from the command line : i have given the full path of the file , even then it keeps saying config file not found .. PS C:\ELK3\Newfolder\logstash-7.16.1\> bin/logstash -f C:\ELK3\Newfolder\logstash-7.16.1\logstash.conf "Using bundled JDK: ." OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Option UseConcMarkSweepGC was deprecated in version 9.0 and will likely be removed in a future release. Sending Logstash logs to C:/ELK3/Newfolder/logstash-7.16.1/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties [2021-12-16T04:56:51,648][INFO][logstash.runner] Log4j configuration path used is: C:\ELK3\Newfolder\logstash-7.16.1\config\log4j2.properties [2021-12-16T04:56:51,679][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=\>"7.16.1", "jruby.version"=\>"jruby 9.2.20.1 (2.5.8) 2021-11-30 2a2962fbd1 OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 11.0.13+8 on 11.0.13+8 +indy +jit [mswin32-x86\_64]"} [2021-12-16T04:56:51,882][WARN][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified [2021-12-16T04:56:51,929][INFO][logstash.config.source.local.configpathloader] No config files found in path {:path=\>"C:/ELK3/Newfolder/logstash-7.16.1/logstash.conf"} [2021-12-16T04:56:51,944][ERROR][logstash.config.sourceloader] No configuration found in the configured sources. Configuration OK [2021-12-16T04:56:51,944][INFO][logstash.runner] Using config.test\_and\_exit mode. Config Validation Result: OK. Exiting Logstash ---
**Author:** ![yaauie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yaauie/32/23363_2.png) [@yaauie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yaauie)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-i-have-installed-a-new-version-of-logstash-7-16-1-it-crashes-saying-fatal-error/292026/5 "2021-12-16T06:21:46Z")
> [@AKAM14](#): > > [logstash.config.source.local.configpathloader] No config files found in path {:path=\>"C:/ELK3/Newfolder/logstash-7.16.1/logstash.conf"} The file at that path, if it exists, is not readable by the Logstash process. What are its permissions? How is Logstash being run? ---
**Author:** ![AKAM14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AKAM14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKAM14)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 6:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-i-have-installed-a-new-version-of-logstash-7-16-1-it-crashes-saying-fatal-error/292026/6 "2021-12-16T06:34:34Z")
It is a Windows Machine and it is in the C drive and all permissions are there.. I am running Logstash from the Powershell window ---
**Author:** ![AKAM14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AKAM14](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AKAM14)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-i-have-installed-a-new-version-of-logstash-7-16-1-it-crashes-saying-fatal-error/292026/7 "2021-12-17T05:05:27Z")
i have given the file path in the logstash.yml file .. in the path config location... can some one please tell me, where is it looking for the path...i m not understanding ... is there a document to refer for this ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-i-have-installed-a-new-version-of-logstash-7-16-1-it-crashes-saying-fatal-error/292026/8 "2022-01-14T05:06:17Z")
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