# Logstash pipeline.yml error **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [October 8, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline-yml-error/251441 "2020-10-08T12:58:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bhavin\_Varsur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Bhavin\_Varsur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavin_Varsur)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 12:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline-yml-error/251441/1 "2020-10-08T12:58:35Z")
I've one logstash pipeline.which is given in pipeline.yml. but when i run `bin/logstash.bat` command in powershell i'm getting error which is look like this ``` ERROR: Failed to read pipelines yaml file. Location: D:/Elastic/logstash-7.9.2/config/pipelines.yml usage: bin/logstash -f CONFIG_PATH [-t] [-r] [] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash --modules MODULE_NAME [-M "MODULE_NAME.var.PLUGIN_TYPE.PLUGIN_NAME.VARIABLE_NAME=VALUE"] [-t] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash -e CONFIG_STR [-t] [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] [-w COUNT] [-l LOG] bin/logstash -i SHELL [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] bin/logstash -V [--log.level fatal|error|warn|info|debug|trace] bin/logstash --help [2020-10-08T18:11:20,482][ERROR][org.logstash.Logstash] java.lang.IllegalStateException: Logstash stopped processing because of an error: (SystemExit) exit ``` **pipeline.yml** ``` - pipeline.id : myPipe1 pipeline.workers :2 pipeline.batch.size: 2 path.config:"D:\Elastic\logstash-7.9.2\third-pipeline.conf" ``` What i'm doing wrong? and how to solve this? ---
**Author:** ![humartinez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/humartinez/32/46395_2.png) [@humartinez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/humartinez)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline-yml-error/251441/2 "2020-10-08T13:37:03Z")
May be It helps to avoid the aditional spaces spaces between the keys and the ":" character ```auto - pipeline.id: myPipe1 pipeline.workers: 2 pipeline.batch.size: 2 path.config: "D:\Elastic\logstash-7.9.2\third-pipeline.conf" ``` ---
**Author:** ![Bhavin\_Varsur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Bhavin\_Varsur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavin_Varsur)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline-yml-error/251441/3 "2020-10-08T15:42:13Z")
I tried but it don't work ---
**Author:** ![humartinez](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/humartinez/32/46395_2.png) [@humartinez](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/humartinez)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline-yml-error/251441/4 "2020-10-08T16:21:51Z")
filename issues? pipelines.yml vs pipeline.yml, It should be pipelines.yml ---
**Author:** ![Bhavin\_Varsur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Bhavin\_Varsur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavin_Varsur)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline-yml-error/251441/5 "2020-10-08T16:35:02Z")
I don't think this is file issue. you can see different file name. ---
**Author:** ![kavierkoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kavierkoo/32/86555_2.png) [@kavierkoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kavierkoo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline-yml-error/251441/6 "2020-10-08T16:44:53Z")
> [@Bhavin\_Varsur](#): > > `path.config:"D:\Elastic\logstash-7.9.2\third-pipeline.conf"` `Single backslash \` is treated as an escape character, please try to use double backslash `\\` instead of single back slash `\` in your path to see if that will work. ---
**Author:** ![Bhavin\_Varsur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Bhavin\_Varsur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavin_Varsur)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline-yml-error/251441/7 "2020-10-08T16:56:23Z")
nothing change.same error getting. ---
**Author:** ![kavierkoo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kavierkoo/32/86555_2.png) [@kavierkoo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kavierkoo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline-yml-error/251441/8 "2020-10-08T17:49:34Z")
> [@Bhavin\_Varsur](#): > > `ERROR: Failed to read pipelines yaml file. Location: D:/Elastic/logstash-7.9.2/config/pipelines.yml` Just wanted to check again, as what @humartinez said, Inside your `D:/Elastic/logstash-7.9.2/config/` , the pipeline file named `pipelines.yml` or `pipeline.yml` it makes a different. and `pipeline.yml` should be like this ```auto - pipeline.id: myPipe1 pipeline.workers: 2 pipeline.batch.size: 2 path.config: "D:\\Elastic\\logstash-7.9.2\\third-pipeline.conf" ``` If it still doesnt work, please share some debug log with `bin/logstash.bat --log.level debug --config.debug` ---
**Author:** ![Bhavin\_Varsur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Bhavin\_Varsur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bhavin_Varsur)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline-yml-error/251441/9 "2020-10-08T18:08:46Z")
its working just a space problem like what @humartinez said and used `\\` back slash together it works. Thank you so much both of you @humartinez @kavierkoo ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipeline-yml-error/251441/10 "2020-11-05T18:08:49Z")
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