# Logstash Issue : Failed to execute action
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-issue-failed-to-execute-action/183439
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 30, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-issue-failed-to-execute-action/183439 "2019-05-30T00:23:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Bhargav\_Ram\_Reddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhargav_Ram_Reddy)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-issue-failed-to-execute-action/183439/1 "2019-05-30T00:23:45Z")
Hello, i have installed elasticsearch, created template (server-logs) and started the service on 9200
Also, added below code in logstash config file but when i try to start logstash service it is throwing an error
input {
file {
path =\> "/Users/bhargavramreddy/eclipse-workspace/Servers/maps/output.log"
}
}
filter {
}
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]
index =\> “logs-%{+YYYY.MM.dd}”
manage\_template =\> true
template\_name =\> "server-logs"
}
stdout {}
}
Can anyone help me with the solution? what's wrong here ?
ERROR LOG:
Bhargavs-MacBook-Pro:logstash-7.1.1 bhargavramreddy$ bin/logstash -f config/logstash-sample.conf
Sending Logstash logs to /Users/bhargavramreddy/Downloads/logstash-7.1.1/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties
[2019-05-29T17:12:04,977][WARN][logstash.config.source.multilocal] Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified
[2019-05-29T17:12:04,998][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=\>"7.1.1"}
[2019-05-29T17:12:06,191][ERROR][logstash.agent] Failed to execute action {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline\_id:main, :exception=\>"LogStash::ConfigurationError", :message=\>"Expected one of #, ", ', -, [, { at line 16, column 14 (byte 290) after output {\n elasticsearch {\n \thosts =\> ["localhost:9200"]\n \tindex =\> ", :backtrace=\>["/Users/bhargavramreddy/Downloads/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:41:in `compile_imperative'", "/Users/bhargavramreddy/Downloads/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:49:in`compile\_graph'", "/Users/bhargavramreddy/Downloads/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:11:in `block in compile_sources'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2577:in`map'", "/Users/bhargavramreddy/Downloads/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/compiler.rb:10:in `compile_sources'", "org/logstash/execution/AbstractPipelineExt.java:151:in`initialize'", "org/logstash/execution/JavaBasePipelineExt.java:47:in `initialize'", "/Users/bhargavramreddy/Downloads/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/java_pipeline.rb:23:in`initialize'", "/Users/bhargavramreddy/Downloads/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline\_action/create.rb:36:in `execute'", "/Users/bhargavramreddy/Downloads/logstash-7.1.1/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:325:in`block in converge\_state'"]}
[2019-05-29T17:12:06,502][INFO][logstash.agent] Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=\>9600}
[2019-05-29T17:12:11,556][INFO][logstash.runner] Logstash shut down.
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### Author:  [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2019, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-issue-failed-to-execute-action/183439/2 "2019-05-30T09:53:41Z")
Your configuration appears to have curly quotes rather than regular double quotes around the value of index in the elasticsearch output.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-issue-failed-to-execute-action/183439/3 "2019-06-27T09:55:04Z")
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