# Logstash not ingesting data to elasticsearch when run as daemon **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [February 28, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-ingesting-data-to-elasticsearch-when-run-as-daemon/170356 "2019-02-28T13:38:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![itssameer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/itssameer/32/45030_2.png) [@itssameer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/itssameer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-ingesting-data-to-elasticsearch-when-run-as-daemon/170356/1 "2019-02-28T13:38:44Z")
Logstash not ingesting data to elasticsearch when run as daemon and it does show any error as well. But its ingesting data to elasticsearch when ran from terminal as /bin/logstash -f /path/to/conf/file. Below is the content of /etc/systemd/system/logstash.service : [Unit] Description=logstash [Service] Type=simple User=logstash Group=logstash # Load env vars from /etc/default/ and /etc/sysconfig/ if they exist. # Prefixing the path with '-' makes it try to load, but if the file doesn't # exist, it continues onward. EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/logstash EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/logstash ExecStart=/usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash --path.settings /etc/logstash/ Restart=always WorkingDirectory=/ Nice=19 LimitNOFILE=16384 [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-ingesting-data-to-elasticsearch-when-run-as-daemon/170356/2 "2019-03-28T13:38:45Z")
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