# Logstash not working on ubuntu 16.04

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-working-on-ubuntu-16-04/193490>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 2, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-working-on-ubuntu-16-04/193490 "2019-08-02T09:05:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vikash\_Singh1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vikash_singh1/32/42119_2.png) [@Vikash\_Singh1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vikash_Singh1)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-working-on-ubuntu-16-04/193490/1 "2019-08-02T09:05:26Z")

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I have installed logstash 7.3 on ubuntu 16.04 also java version 11 is also installed but when I am trying to start logstash it gives me an error saying:  
[ERROR] 2019-08-02 14:21:41.499 [main] Logstash - java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (NameError) cannot load (ext) (org.jruby.ext.openssl.OpenSSL)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-not-working-on-ubuntu-16-04/193490/2 "2019-08-30T09:05:44Z")

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