# Logstash netflow module - no logstash.yml? **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [January 24, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-netflow-module-no-logstash-yml/165505 "2019-01-24T01:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ross\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Ross\_T](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ross_T)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-netflow-module-no-logstash-yml/165505/1 "2019-01-24T01:16:37Z")
Hello, I recently installed the elastic stack following the information on the site. Debian packages following the instructions; 1,2 and 3 [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/current/installing-elastic-stack.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/current/installing-elastic-stack.html) then followed this guide; [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/netflow-module.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/netflow-module.html) It's reporting the logstash.yml file is not found... root@tethys:/usr/share/logstash# bin/logstash --modules netflow --setup -M netflow.var.input.udp.port=2055 **WARNING: Could not find logstash.yml which is typically located in $LS\_HOME/config or /etc/logstash. You can specify the path using --path.settings. Continuing using the defaults** Could not find log4j2 configuration at path /usr/share/logstash/config/log4j2.properties. Using default config which logs errors to the console [WARN] 2019-01-24 12:08:19.134 [LogStash::Runner] multilocal - Ignoring the 'pipelines.yml' file because modules or command line options are specified [INFO] 2019-01-24 12:08:19.152 [LogStash::Runner] runner - Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=\>"6.5.4"} [INFO] 2019-01-24 12:08:20.053 [Ruby-0-Thread-1: /usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:6] modulescommon - Setting up the netflow module [ERROR] 2019-01-24 12:08:20.755 [Ruby-0-Thread-1: /usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:6] kibanaclient - Error when executing Kibana client request {:error=\>#\} [ERROR] 2019-01-24 12:08:20.995 [Ruby-0-Thread-1: /usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:6] kibanaclient - Error when executing Kibana client request {:error=\>#\} [ERROR] 2019-01-24 12:08:21.169 [Ruby-0-Thread-1: /usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:6] sourceloader - Could not fetch all the sources {:exception=\>LogStash::ConfigLoadingError, :message=\>"Failed to import module configurations to Elasticsearch and/or Kibana. Module: netflow has Elasticsearch hosts: ["localhost:9200"] and Kibana hosts: ["localhost:5601"]", :backtrace=\>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/modules\_common.rb:108:in `block in pipeline_configs'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:1734:in`each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/modules\_common.rb:54:in `pipeline_configs'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source/modules.rb:14:in`pipeline\_configs'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source\_loader.rb:61:in `block in fetch'", "org/jruby/RubyArray.java:2481:in`collect'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/config/source\_loader.rb:60:in `fetch'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:150:in`converge\_state\_and\_update'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:101:in `execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:362:in`block in execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/stud-0.0.23/lib/stud/task.rb:24:in `block in initialize'"]} [ERROR] 2019-01-24 12:08:21.181 [Ruby-0-Thread-1: /usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:6] agent - An exception happened when converging configuration {:exception=>RuntimeError, :message=>"Could not fetch the configuration, message: Failed to import module configurations to Elasticsearch and/or Kibana. Module: netflow has Elasticsearch hosts: [\"localhost:9200\"] and Kibana hosts: [\"localhost:5601\"]", :backtrace=>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:157:in`converge\_state\_and\_update'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:101:in `execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:362:in`block in execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.3.0/gems/stud-0.0.23/lib/stud/task.rb:24:in `block in initialize'"]} [INFO] 2019-01-24 12:08:21.497 [Api Webserver] agent - Successfully started Logstash API endpoint {:port=\>9600} root@tethys:/usr/share/logstash# It's definitely there... root@tethys:/usr/share/logstash# ls -al /etc/logstash/ total 48 drwxrwxr-x 3 logstash logstash 4096 Jan 24 12:05 . drwxr-xr-x 85 root root 4096 Jan 24 11:31 .. drwxr-x--- 2 logstash logstash 4096 Jan 24 11:09 conf.d -rw-r--r-- 1 logstash logstash 1846 Dec 18 09:02 jvm.options -rw-r--r-- 1 logstash logstash 4568 Dec 18 09:02 log4j2.properties -rw-r--r-- 1 logstash logstash 342 Dec 18 09:02 logstash-sample.conf -rw-r--r-- 1 logstash logstash 8481 Jan 24 11:57 logstash.yml -rw-r--r-- 1 logstash logstash 285 Dec 18 09:02 pipelines.yml -rw------- 1 logstash logstash 1696 Jan 24 12:05 startup.options root@tethys:/usr/share/logstash# I don't think it's a permissions issue, any other ideas? Thanks in advance 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-netflow-module-no-logstash-yml/165505/2 "2019-02-21T01:16:41Z")
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