# Logstash not reading config file when ran as a service

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-reading-config-file-when-ran-as-a-service/83605>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [April 25, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-reading-config-file-when-ran-as-a-service/83605 "2017-04-25T18:05:19Z")\
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**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:** [April 26, 2017, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-reading-config-file-when-ran-as-a-service/83605/4 "2017-04-26T11:42:00Z")

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What about the permissions of /logs and /logs/perf?

You can increase Logstash's log level to get more clues about what it's doing. Permission problems should be quite visible.

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