# Logstash not creating an index in elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [June 24, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231 "2015-06-24T05:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PavanRGowda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@PavanRGowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PavanRGowda)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/1 "2015-06-24T05:38:56Z")
Below is my config file - ``` input { file { path => "/home/pavan/Downloads/sample.csv" type => "Sample" start_position => "beginning" } } filter { csv { columns => ['cdatetime', 'address', 'district', 'beat', 'grid', 'crimedescr', 'ucr_ncic_code', 'latitude', 'longitude'] separator => "," } } output { elasticsearch { action => "index" host => "localhost" protocol => "http" index => "sample" cluster => "pavan" } stdout { codec => rubydebug } } ``` The problem is when I run `bin/logstash -f sample.conf` from terminal I get the following response `Logstash startup completed` but when I see the list of indices in Elasticsearch, it remains the same. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/2 "2015-06-24T05:49:43Z")
It'll be a sincedb issue, delete that and you should be good (see the file input docs). ---
**Author:** ![PavanRGowda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@PavanRGowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PavanRGowda)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/3 "2015-06-24T06:36:28Z")
Can you please be more specific as I'm still a beginner with Logstash. ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/4 "2015-06-24T22:37:02Z")
Check out [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-file.html#plugins-inputs-file-sincedb\_path](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-file.html#plugins-inputs-file-sincedb_path) ---
**Author:** ![PavanRGowda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@PavanRGowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PavanRGowda)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/5 "2015-06-25T06:23:06Z")
Sorry. It didn't solve my problem. Do you have any alternatives? ---
**Author:** ![PavanRGowda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@PavanRGowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PavanRGowda)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/6 "2015-06-26T10:20:13Z")
I'm sorry about the inconvenience Warkolm. I re-installed Logstash and after that I located all the .sincedb files which were in HOME directory and deleted it. After that my first index got created in elasticsearch but then when I try to index a new csv file, it fails. I again need to explicitly delete those sincedb files and index it again. Is there any way to autodelete .sincedb files? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2015, 10:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/7 "2015-06-26T10:29:39Z")
Are you doing it into the same file? ---
**Author:** ![PavanRGowda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@PavanRGowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PavanRGowda)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/8 "2015-06-29T06:10:25Z")
Yeah.I'm just changing the path in the same .config file. Is that the problem? ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_PS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@Lee\_PS](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lee_PS)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2015, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/9 "2015-06-29T13:33:27Z")
Hi Hope it will solve your problem add sincedb\_path =\> "/home/pavan/Downloads/dbflile" it will create one file with name dbfile and this file keeps track of the current position of monitored log files. Exmple input { file { path =\> "/home/pavan/Downloads/sample.csv" type =\> "Sample" start\_position =\> "beginning" sincedb\_path =\> "/home/pavan/Downloads/dbflile" } } //Lee ---
**Author:** ![PavanRGowda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce73a5/32.png) [@PavanRGowda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PavanRGowda)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/10 "2015-06-30T11:35:27Z")
Thanks Lee. It solved my problem. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Shephard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Shephard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jimmy_Shephard)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/11 "2016-10-18T15:16:44Z")
Have the same problem, deleted the sincedb files but index still won't be created. Run logtsash with path to a logfile and there's no error in that file. Kinda blind to what's going on. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/12 "2016-10-19T05:25:47Z")
If the file input's `ignore_older` option doesn't help you, please start a new thread for your problem. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-creating-an-index-in-elasticsearch/24231/13 "2017-07-06T04:33:41Z")