# Logstash pipelines keep running without showing data

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipelines-keep-running-without-showing-data/119682>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 13, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipelines-keep-running-without-showing-data/119682 "2018-02-13T17:39:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![soukaina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@soukaina](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/soukaina)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipelines-keep-running-without-showing-data/119682/1 "2018-02-13T17:39:46Z")

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Hi,  
im starting a logstash pipeline, but it doesn't show any results

 ![error](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/6/16f1de280bd5758f21f010b45d7a2f472611134a.PNG).  
Any help!!

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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:** [February 13, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipelines-keep-running-without-showing-data/119682/2 "2018-02-13T21:30:30Z")

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It's impossible to help without further details.

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**Author:** ![soukaina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@soukaina](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/soukaina)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipelines-keep-running-without-showing-data/119682/3 "2018-02-13T22:10:14Z")

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Here are my config file and my input data

![conf](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/f/afbc14539f55bd01d26c30f88ae5a546e780a499.PNG)

 ![data](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/f/f/ffdbc83c4f98d912f0b9c1dfc6b54b5e34c66757.PNG)

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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:** [February 14, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipelines-keep-running-without-showing-data/119682/4 "2018-02-14T07:16:38Z")

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There are **so** many other people asking the exact same question. Please read past posts, especially those that mention `start_position` and `sincedb_path`, and the file input documentation.

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**Author:** ![soukaina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@soukaina](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/soukaina)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipelines-keep-running-without-showing-data/119682/5 "2018-02-14T14:35:14Z")

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Thank you for your help

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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:** [March 14, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-pipelines-keep-running-without-showing-data/119682/6 "2018-03-14T14:35:23Z")

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Closed on March 14, 2018, 2:35pm UTC

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