# Logstash on Docker ERROR: Failed to read pipelines yaml file. Location: /usr/share/logstash/config/pipelines.yml **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Tags:** docker\ **Created:** [March 6, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-on-docker-error-failed-to-read-pipelines-yaml-file-location-usr-share-logstash-config-pipelines-yml/266449 "2021-03-06T16:40:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![20031485](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/20031485/32/85095_2.png) [@20031485](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/20031485)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2021, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-on-docker-error-failed-to-read-pipelines-yaml-file-location-usr-share-logstash-config-pipelines-yml/266449/1 "2021-03-06T16:40:23Z")
Hello! I am facing difficulties trying to configure my ELK stack in which Logstash should be running multiple pipelines, and the problem seems to be in the Logstash docker-compose.yml configuration. In fact, I get the following error whenever I try to run it: ```auto 88755932b36c_logstash | Sending Logstash logs to /usr/share/logstash/logs which is now configured via log4j2.properties 88755932b36c_logstash | [2021-03-06T15:23:55,465][INFO][logstash.runner] Starting Logstash {"logstash.version"=>"7.11.1", "jruby.version"=>"jruby 9.2.13.0 (2.5.7) 2020-08-03 9a89c94bcc OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 11.0.8+10 on 11.0.8+10 +indy +jit [linux-x86_64]"} 88755932b36c_logstash | ERROR: Failed to read pipelines yaml file. Location: /usr/share/logstash/config/pipelines.yml 88755932b36c_logstash | usage: 88755932b36c_logstash | bin/logstash -f CONFIG_PATH [-t] [-r] [] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] 88755932b36c_logstash | bin/logstash --modules MODULE_NAME [-M "MODULE_NAME.var.PLUGIN_TYPE.PLUGIN_NAME.VARIABLE_NAME=VALUE"] [-t] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] 88755932b36c_logstash | bin/logstash -e CONFIG_STR [-t] [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] 88755932b36c_logstash | bin/logstash -i SHELL [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] 88755932b36c_logstash | bin/logstash -V [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] 88755932b36c_logstash | bin/logstash --help 88755932b36c_logstash | [2021-03-06T15:23:55,975][FATAL][org.logstash.Logstash] Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit 88755932b36c_logstash | org.jruby.exceptions.SystemExit: (SystemExit) exit 88755932b36c_logstash | at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:747) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] 88755932b36c_logstash | at org.jruby.RubyKernel.exit(org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:710) ~[jruby-complete-9.2.13.0.jar:?] 88755932b36c_logstash | at usr.share.logstash.lib.bootstrap.environment.
(/usr/share/logstash/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:89) ~[?:?] 88755932b36c_logstash exited with code 1 ``` I tried to follow the documentation's instructions and I read about very similar topics, but I still do not get how to fix this issue. The documentation says the configurations of the single pipelines' absolute paths (relatively to the container) must must be specified in `pipelines.yml`, and `/usr/share/logstash/config/` should be the `path.settings` the documentation talks about. That directory (in the container) should contain both the single pipelines' .conf and the `pipelines.yml`, and I think I have declared it in "volumes". Here are the docker-compose.yml (I will only paste the Logstash Docker configuration, as Elasticsearch and Kibana work fine) and the pipelines.yml. docker-compose.yml, pipelines.yml and the two .conf files all are in the same directory and they are bound to the `path.settings`. Needless to say, if I uncomment the `#single pipeline` line and comment the other two bonds in "volumes", the dockerized Logstash works perfectly with a single main pipeline. Here is the docker-compose.yml (limited to Logstash's configuration): ```auto logstash: image: docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash-oss:7.11.1 container_name: logstash hostname: logstash volumes: # - ./logstash.conf:/usr/share/logstash/pipeline/logstash.conf # single pipeline - ./logstash-to-opendistro.conf:/usr/share/logstash/config/logstash-to-opendistro.conf - ./opendistro-to-logstash.conf:/usr/share/logstash/config/opendistro-to-logstash.conf - ./pipelines.yml:/usr/share/logstash/config/pipelines.yml links: - opendistro:opendistro depends_on: - opendistro networks: - elknetwork ``` And this is the `pipelines.yml` file: ```auto - pipeline.id: logstash-to-opendistro path.config: "/usr/share/logstash/config/logstash-to-opendistro.conf" pipeline.workers: 1 - pipeline.id: opendistro-to-logstash path.config: "/usr/share/logstash/config/opendistro-to-logstash.conf" pipeline.workers: 1 ``` The trivial question is: how do I get my setup to work, provided that Opendistro and Kibana work just fine? More specifically: how do I bind the "physical" (i.e. non-containerized) multiple pipeline configuration files and `pipelines.yml` to the Docker container's filesystem? Thank you all in advance! PS: please let me know if you need to see the remaining configuration files - I omitted them as I thought these were the most useful. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-on-docker-error-failed-to-read-pipelines-yaml-file-location-usr-share-logstash-config-pipelines-yml/266449/2 "2021-04-03T16:41:21Z")
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