Logstash not logging to /var/log

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Hello,

I am brand new to logstash 6.2.3 and struggling with some basics. I have installed it onto CentOS7.

If I run 'systemctl start logstash', I get nothing output to /var/log/logstash/ (but 'systemctl status logstash' reveals that it's apparently running).
If I run /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash --path.settings="/etc/logstash" I get logs.

How can I fix it so the former operation gives me log output?
My /etc/logstash/logstash.yml file has "path.logs: /var/log/logstash".

Thank you

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Turns out it was a permissions issue. All files under /var/lib/logstash were owned by root. I changed ownership to logstash and now it appears to be logging (and actually working) properly.

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