# Logstash java exception

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-java-exception/129185>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 23, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-java-exception/129185 "2018-04-23T21:19:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![jmtrc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmtrc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jmtrc)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-java-exception/129185/1 "2018-04-23T21:19:06Z")

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Gents, any thoughts on this error after an attempt to restart the docker instance running logstash? pipeline files were not updated for a while.

docker run -p 0.0.0.0:10514:10514/udp -p 0.0.0.0:13514:13514/udp -e XPACK\_MONITORING\_ENABLED=false   
-d   
--name logstash   
-v $PWD/pipeline:/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/   
-v $PWD/cacert.pem:/tmp/ece.pem:ro   
-v $PWD/settings/pipelines.yml:/usr/share/logstash/config/pipelines.yml   
[docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash:6.2.3](http://docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash:6.2.3)

Apr 23 21:05:40 clds-logstash journal: [2018-04-23T21:05:40,080][FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=\>#\<NoMethodError: undefined method `<' for nil:NilClass>, :backtrace=>["/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-9.0.3-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:213:in`get\_event\_type'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-9.0.3-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:165:in `event_action_params'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-9.0.3-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:39:in`event\_action\_tuple'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-9.0.3-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:34:in `block in multi_receive'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2486:in`map'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-output-elasticsearch-9.0.3-java/lib/logstash/outputs/elasticsearch/common.rb:34:in `multi_receive'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/output_delegator_strategies/shared.rb:13:in`multi\_receive'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/output\_delegator.rb:49:in `multi_receive'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:479:in`block in output\_batch'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1343:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:478:in`output\_batch'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:430:in `worker_loop'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:385:in`block in start\_workers'"]}

Apr 23 21:05:40 clds-logstash journal: [2018-04-23T21:05:40,326][WARN][logstash.inputs.syslog] syslog listener died {:protocol=\>:udp, :address=\>"0.0.0.0:10514", :exception=\>#\<IOError: closed stream\>, :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:152:in `udp_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:130:in`server'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:110:in `block in run'"]}

Apr 23 21:05:40 clds-logstash journal: [2018-04-23T21:05:40,330][ERROR][org.logstash.Logstash] java.lang.IllegalStateException: org.jruby.exceptions.RaiseException: (SystemExit) exit

Apr 23 21:05:40 clds-logstash journal: [2018-04-23T21:05:40,335][WARN][logstash.inputs.syslog] syslog listener died {:protocol=\>:tcp, :address=\>"0.0.0.0:10514", :exception=\>#\<IOError: closed stream\>, :backtrace=\>["org/jruby/ext/socket/RubyTCPServer.java:157:in `accept'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:170:in`tcp\_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:130:in `server'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:114:in`block in run'"]}

Apr 23 21:05:40 clds-logstash journal: [2018-04-23T21:05:40,349][WARN][logstash.inputs.syslog] syslog listener died {:protocol=\>:udp, :address=\>"0.0.0.0:13514", :exception=\>#\<IOError: IO Error\>, :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:152:in `udp_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:130:in`server'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:110:in `block in run'"]}

Apr 23 21:05:40 clds-logstash journal: [2018-04-23T21:05:40,355][WARN][logstash.inputs.syslog] syslog listener died {:protocol=\>:tcp, :address=\>"0.0.0.0:13514", :exception=\>#\<IOError: closed stream\>, :backtrace=\>["org/jruby/ext/socket/RubyTCPServer.java:157:in `accept'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:170:in`tcp\_listener'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:130:in `server'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/logstash-input-syslog-3.4.0/lib/logstash/inputs/syslog.rb:114:in`block in run'"]}  
Apr 23 21:05:40 clds-logstash dockerd-current: time="2018-04-23T21:05:40.481030623Z" level=error msg="containerd: deleting container" error="exit status 1: "container 1cadcd50918ff32b5f136975253b723cbb4de2331e62db5449904cb76efd4e50 does not exist\none or more of the container deletions failed\n""

Thank you.

Jim.

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**Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-java-exception/129185/2 "2018-05-21T21:19:09Z")

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