# Logstash Not Starting 7.0 **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [April 13, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-starting-7-0/176720 "2019-04-13T05:20:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lakshykar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lakshykar/32/43198_2.png) [@lakshykar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lakshykar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-starting-7-0/176720/1 "2019-04-13T05:20:22Z")
Hi, I am trying to configure logstash on a server, i did fresh install but when i am starting logstash getting below error. ``` [2019-04-13T10:44:26,616][DEBUG][logstash.modules.scaffold] Found module {:module_name=>"netflow", :directory=>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/netflow/configuration"} [2019-04-13T10:44:26,623][DEBUG][logstash.plugins.registry] Adding plugin to the registry {:name=>"netflow", :type=>:modules, :class=>#} [2019-04-13T10:44:26,625][DEBUG][logstash.modules.scaffold] Found module {:module_name=>"fb_apache", :directory=>"/usr/share/logstash/modules/fb_apache/configuration"} [2019-04-13T10:44:26,626][DEBUG][logstash.plugins.registry] Adding plugin to the registry {:name=>"fb_apache", :type=>:modules, :class=>#} [2019-04-13T10:44:26,639][FATAL][logstash.runner] An unexpected error occurred! {:error=>#, :backtrace=>["/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:289:in `coerce'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:264:in `set'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:69:in `set_value'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:88:in `block in merge'", "org/jruby/RubyHash.java:1419:in `each'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:88:in `merge'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/settings.rb:137:in `validate_all'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:278:in `execute'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:237:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/2.5.0/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in `run'", "/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:73:in `
'"]} [2019-04-13T10:44:26,653][ERROR][org.logstash.Logstash] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit ``` # Settings file in YAML ``` # # Settings can be specified either in hierarchical form, e.g.: # # pipeline: # batch: # size: 125 # delay: 5 # # Or as flat keys: # # pipeline.batch.size: 125 # pipeline.batch.delay: 5 # # ------------ Node identity ------------ # # Use a descriptive name for the node: # # node.name: test # # If omitted the node name will default to the machine's host name # # ------------ Data path ------------------ # # Which directory should be used by logstash and its plugins # for any persistent needs. Defaults to LOGSTASH_HOME/data # path.data: /data/logstash_data # # ------------ Pipeline Settings -------------- # # The ID of the pipeline. # # pipeline.id: main # # Set the number of workers that will, in parallel, execute the filters+outputs # stage of the pipeline. # # This defaults to the number of the host's CPU cores. # # pipeline.workers: 2 # # How many events to retrieve from inputs before sending to filters+workers # # pipeline.batch.size: 125 # # How long to wait in milliseconds while polling for the next event # before dispatching an undersized batch to filters+outputs # # pipeline.batch.delay: 50 # # Force Logstash to exit during shutdown even if there are still inflight # events in memory. By default, logstash will refuse to quit until all # received events have been pushed to the outputs. # # WARNING: enabling this can lead to data loss during shutdown # # pipeline.unsafe_shutdown: false # # ------------ Pipeline Configuration Settings -------------- # # Where to fetch the pipeline configuration for the main pipeline # # path.config: # # Pipeline configuration string for the main pipeline # # config.string: # # At startup, test if the configuration is valid and exit (dry run) # # config.test_and_exit: false # # Periodically check if the configuration has changed and reload the pipeline # This can also be triggered manually through the SIGHUP signal # config.reload.automatic: ture # # How often to check if the pipeline configuration has changed (in seconds) # config.reload.interval: 30s # # Show fully compiled configuration as debug log message # NOTE: --log.level must be 'debug' # config.debug: true # # When enabled, process escaped characters such as \n and \" in strings in the # pipeline configuration files. # # config.support_escapes: false # # ------------ Module Settings --------------- # Define modules here. Modules definitions must be defined as an array. # The simple way to see this is to prepend each `name` with a `-`, and keep # all associated variables under the `name` they are associated with, and # above the next, like this: # # modules: # - name: MODULE_NAME # var.PLUGINTYPE1.PLUGINNAME1.KEY1: VALUE # var.PLUGINTYPE1.PLUGINNAME1.KEY2: VALUE # var.PLUGINTYPE2.PLUGINNAME1.KEY1: VALUE # var.PLUGINTYPE3.PLUGINNAME3.KEY1: VALUE # Module variable names must be in the format of # # var.PLUGIN_TYPE.PLUGIN_NAME.KEY # # modules: # # ------------ Metrics Settings -------------- # # Bind address for the metrics REST endpoint # # http.host: "127.0.0.1" # # Bind port for the metrics REST endpoint, this option also accept a range # (9600-9700) and logstash will pick up the first available ports. # # http.port: 9600-9700 # # ------------ Debugging Settings -------------- log.level: trace path.logs: /data/logs/logstash ``` ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-starting-7-0/176720/2 "2019-04-13T05:22:50Z")
What does your config look like?c ---
**Author:** ![lakshykar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lakshykar/32/43198_2.png) [@lakshykar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lakshykar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-starting-7-0/176720/4 "2019-04-13T05:33:09Z")
I have update the config file. ---
**Author:** ![lakshykar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lakshykar/32/43198_2.png) [@lakshykar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lakshykar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-starting-7-0/176720/5 "2019-04-13T06:56:48Z")
Issue has been resolved These was configuration issue, because of typo true was written ture > [@lakshykar](#): > > config.reload.automatic: ture ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-starting-7-0/176720/6 "2019-05-11T06:58:19Z")
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