# Logstash is not starting in windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [April 19, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-in-windows/270577 "2021-04-19T12:12:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rahul\_Ravichandran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rahul_ravichandran/32/53882_2.png) [@Rahul\_Ravichandran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rahul_Ravichandran)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-in-windows/270577/1 "2021-04-19T12:12:45Z")
Hey Guys , I am using Logstash to send logs to kibana . I have configured logstash in windows instances with Two pipelines in my `pipelines.yaml` and this is the config that is present in 1. pipelines.yml ```auto - pipeline.id: my-pipeline_1 path.config: "C:\logstash\bin\logstash.conf" pipeline.workers: 3 - pipeline.id: my-other-pipeline path.config: "C:\logstash\bin\logstash1.conf" queue.type: persisted ``` A) I have setup the Task manager to run the execution command at every system startup This is how it looks like ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/f/6fd74c1b4eb256393551fc1607eaf48a5d122137.png) B) But when i reboot the server then I dont see it got started and there is no logs also for the execution not sure what I am making wrong here. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-in-windows/270577/2 "2021-04-19T14:55:27Z")
You need to use [-f](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/running-logstash-command-line.html#command-line-flags) to specify path.config (the configuration file name). ---
**Author:** ![Rahul\_Ravichandran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rahul_ravichandran/32/53882_2.png) [@Rahul\_Ravichandran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rahul_Ravichandran)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-in-windows/270577/3 "2021-04-22T02:17:16Z")
HI @Badger Yes it worked after using the `-f` . But How Im not sure how do i confirm my both the pipelines are running as i have setup multiple pipelines one for my IIS logs and another for my Backup logs This is what the logs shows ```auto [2021-04-22T02:02:14,163][WARN][logstash.runner] SIGTERM received. Shutting down. [2021-04-22T02:03:41,915][WARN][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified [2021-04-22T02:03:42,147][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"7.8.0", "jruby.version"=>"jruby 9.2.11.1 (2.5.7) 2020-03-25 b1f55b1a40 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 25.261-b12 on 1.8.0_261-b12 +indy +jit [mswin32-x86_64]"} [2021-04-22T02:03:44,889][INFO][org.reflections.Reflections] Reflections took 63 ms to scan 1 urls, producing 21 keys and 41 values [2021-04-22T02:03:48,912][INFO][logstash.outputs.amazonelasticsearch][main] Elasticsearch pool URLs updated {:changes=>{:removed=>[], :added=>[************ :443/]}} [2021-04-22T02:03:48,932][INFO][logstash.outputs.amazonelasticsearch][main] Running health check to see if an Elasticsearch connection is working {:healthcheck_url=> ************ :443/, :path=>"/"} [2021-04-22T02:03:49,969][WARN][logstash.outputs.amazonelasticsearch][main] Restored connection to ES instance {:url=>" ************ :443/"} [2021-04-22T02:03:50,049][INFO][logstash.outputs.amazonelasticsearch][main] ES Output version determined {:es_version=>7} [2021-04-22T02:03:50,054][WARN][logstash.outputs.amazonelasticsearch][main] Detected a 6.x and above cluster: the `type` event field won't be used to determine the document _type {:es_version=>7} [2021-04-22T02:03:50,076][INFO][logstash.outputs.amazonelasticsearch][main] New Elasticsearch output {:class=>"LogStash::Outputs::AmazonElasticSearch", :hosts=>[" ************"]} [2021-04-22T02:03:50,095][INFO][logstash.outputs.amazonelasticsearch][main] Using mapping template from {:path=>nil} [2021-04-22T02:03:50,137][INFO][logstash.outputs.amazonelasticsearch][main] Attempting to install template {:manage_template=>{"template"=>"logstash-*", "version"=>60002, "settings"=>{"index.refresh_interval"=>"5s", "number_of_shards"=>1}, "mappings"=>{"dynamic_templates"=>[{"message_field"=>{"path_match"=>"message", "match_mapping_type"=>"string", "mapping"=>{"type"=>"text", "norms"=>false}}}, {"string_fields"=>{"match"=>"*", "match_mapping_type"=>"string", "mapping"=>{"type"=>"text", "norms"=>false, "fields"=>{"keyword"=>{"type"=>"keyword", "ignore_above"=>256}}}}}], "properties"=>{"@timestamp"=>{"type"=>"date"}, "@version"=>{"type"=>"keyword"}, "geoip"=>{"dynamic"=>true, "properties"=>{"ip"=>{"type"=>"ip"}, "location"=>{"type"=>"geo_point"}, "latitude"=>{"type"=>"half_float"}, "longitude"=>{"type"=>"half_float"}}}}}}} [2021-04-22T02:03:50,605][INFO][logstash.filters.geoip][main] Using geoip database {:path=>"C:/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/logstash-filter-geoip-6.0.3-java/vendor/GeoLite2-City.mmdb"} [2021-04-22T02:03:51,073][INFO][logstash.javapipeline][main] Starting pipeline {:pipeline_id=>"main", "pipeline.workers"=>4, "pipeline.batch.size"=>125, "pipeline.batch.delay"=>50, "pipeline.max_inflight"=>500, "pipeline.sources"=>["c:/logstash/bin/logstash.conf"], :thread=>"#"} [2021-04-22T02:03:53,289][INFO][logstash.inputs.file][main] No sincedb_path set, generating one based on the "path" setting {:sincedb_path=>"c:/logstash/data/plugins/inputs/file/.sincedb_0d20cbad6802ed3feeba4d6a5606d787", :path=>["C:/inetpub/logs/LogFiles/W3SVC8/*"]} [2021-04-22T02:03:53,325][INFO][logstash.javapipeline][main] Pipeline started {"pipeline.id"=>"main"} [2021-04-22T02:03:53,404][INFO][filewatch.observingtail][main][4d1caac663897fbc3eed91da0efd905f706201a116cf573a0163eafc8c99f0d3] START, creating Discoverer, Watch with file and sincedb collections [2021-04-22T02:03:53,408][INFO][logstash.agent] Pipelines running {:count=>1, :running_pipelines=>[:main], :non_running_pipelines=>[]} [2021-04-22T02:03:53,803][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=>9600} ``` ---
**Author:** ![leandrojmp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leandrojmp/32/107231_2.png) [@leandrojmp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/leandrojmp)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-in-windows/270577/4 "2021-04-22T02:51:24Z")
Since you want to start logstash when the system starts, It would be better to create a Windows Service using NSSM, you can follow the [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/running-logstash-windows.html#running-logstash-windows-nssm) to do that. Also, if you use the `-f` option in the command line it will ignore your `pipelines.yml`, if you want to use the `pipelines.yml` file, you should just call `logstash.bat` in your task and you need just one instance, logstash will use the `pipelines.yml` to start your pipelines. ---
**Author:** ![Rahul\_Ravichandran](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rahul_ravichandran/32/53882_2.png) [@Rahul\_Ravichandran](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rahul_Ravichandran)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-in-windows/270577/5 "2021-04-26T04:36:00Z")
Hi @leandrojmp This is what i am getting while running the command ```auto Sending Logstash logs to C:/logstash/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties ERROR: Failed to read pipelines yaml file. Location: C:/logstash/config/pipelines.yml usage: bin/logstash -f CONFIG_PATH [-t] [-r] [] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash --modules MODULE_NAME [-M "MODULE_NAME.var.PLUGIN_TYPE.PLUGIN_NAME.VARIABLE_NAME=VALUE"] [-t] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash -e CONFIG_STR [-t] [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash -i SHELL [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] bin/logstash -V [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] bin/logstash --help [2021-04-26T04:12:07,551][ERROR][org.logstash.Logstash] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit ``` 2.This is what my `pipelines.yml ` has ```auto - pipeline.id: pipeline1 path.config: "C:\logstash\bin\logstash.conf" pipeline.workers: 2 - pipeline.id: pipeline2 path.config: "C:\logstash\bin\logstash1.conf" queue.type: persisted ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-is-not-starting-in-windows/270577/6 "2021-05-24T04:36:02Z")
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