# Logstash restarts frequently

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-restarts-frequently/237836>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [June 19, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-restarts-frequently/237836 "2020-06-19T16:35:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![avinjos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/avinjos/32/70718_2.png) [@avinjos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/avinjos)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-restarts-frequently/237836/1 "2020-06-19T16:35:29Z")

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I have installed Logstash from RPM and when I stared it with the default config, I see it is restarting frequently.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/0/403fcfba583f9415c4dd0da1a03805c2f2e38071.png)

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**Author:** ![mgotechlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mgotechlock](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgotechlock)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-restarts-frequently/237836/2 "2020-06-19T17:21:19Z")

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Is that the /var/log/logstash/logstash-plain.log output?

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**Author:** ![avinjos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/avinjos/32/70718_2.png) [@avinjos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/avinjos)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-restarts-frequently/237836/3 "2020-06-19T17:23:37Z")

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yes thats the output form /var/log/logstash/logstash-plain.log

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**Author:** ![mgotechlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mgotechlock](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgotechlock)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-restarts-frequently/237836/4 "2020-06-19T18:25:20Z")

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Post your logstash config, since the log is no 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:** [July 17, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-restarts-frequently/237836/5 "2020-07-17T18:25:21Z")

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