# Logstash service restarts constantly and does send data to elasticsearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [February 16, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-restarts-constantly-and-does-send-data-to-elasticsearch/168662 "2019-02-16T01:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bradfordaemorton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@bradfordaemorton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bradfordaemorton)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-restarts-constantly-and-does-send-data-to-elasticsearch/168662/1 "2019-02-16T01:08:33Z")
I have a problem with the Logstash service constantly restarting and never sending data elasticsearch. There must be a bad config or a file missing in a location that it is set to read on startup. If I run manually, Logstash starts and sends data to elasticsearch correctly. I did do a bit of reading and found that the .conf files are meant to be in /etc/logstash/conf.d not /etc/Logstash which is where I had them, but I still have issues even after moving the files. Is there a log file to check for errors? Also, is there a place to download the default .yml and .conf files located in the /etc/logstash/ directory so I copy replace any that I might have updated incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![balumurari1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/balumurari1/32/39203_2.png) [@balumurari1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/balumurari1)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-restarts-constantly-and-does-send-data-to-elasticsearch/168662/2 "2019-02-18T10:14:21Z")
Hello, if you could provide the input code, which is stopping you to sent data to ES, then it will help you to get resolved quickly. ---
**Author:** ![bradfordaemorton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@bradfordaemorton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bradfordaemorton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-restarts-constantly-and-does-send-data-to-elasticsearch/168662/3 "2019-02-18T20:49:43Z")
Thanks balumurari1, I am not sure what changed but logs are now arriving at Elastic and starts after a reboot. The logstash services still reboots after a few minutes but doesn't appear to impact log shipping. The problem I am still having issues with is monitoring Logstash in the elastic/kibana monitoring dashboard. As you can see I have been able to colelct Elasticsearch, Kibana, Filebeat and Winlogbeat monitring data from different hosts but have not had any success with Logstash. Can anyone suggest some solutions - my configuration file with the monitoring section is attached. Cheers, Brad ![ELK_Monitoring.JPG](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/3/9/39bb543d75f3cc01cef041fb9c72d3157ca23195.jpeg) # ------------ X-Pack Settings (not applicable for OSS build)-------------- # X-Pack Monitoring # [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/monitoring-logstash.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/monitoring-logstash.html) xpack.monitoring.enabled: true #xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.username: logstash\_system #xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.password: password xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.host: ["[http://elastic.x.info:9200](http://elastic.x.info:9200/)"] xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.url: ["[http://elastic.x.info:9200](http://elastic.x.info:9200/)"] #xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.ca: ["/path/to/ca.crt"] #xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.truststore.path: path/to/file #xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.truststore.password: password #xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.keystore.path: /path/to/file #xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.keystore.password: password #xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.ssl.verification\_mode: certificate #xpack.monitoring.elasticsearch.sniffing: false xpack.monitoring.collection.interval: 10s xpack.monitoring.collection.pipeline.details.enabled: true # X-Pack Management # [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/logstash-centralized-pipeline-management.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/logstash-centralized-pipeline-management.html) xpack.management.enabled: true #xpack.management.pipeline.id: ["main", "apache\_logs"] #xpack.management.elasticsearch.username: logstash\_admin\_user #xpack.management.elasticsearch.password: password xpack.management.elasticsearch.url: ["[http://elstic.x.info:9200](http://elstic.x.info:9200/)"] #xpack.management.elasticsearch.ssl.ca: ["/path/to/ca.crt"] #xpack.management.elasticsearch.ssl.truststore.path: /path/to/file #xpack.management.elasticsearch.ssl.truststore.password: password #xpack.management.elasticsearch.ssl.keystore.path: /path/to/file #xpack.management.elasticsearch.ssl.keystore.password: password #xpack.management.elasticsearch.ssl.verification\_mode: certificate xpack.management.elasticsearch.sniffing: true xpack.management.logstash.poll\_interval: 5s ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-service-restarts-constantly-and-does-send-data-to-elasticsearch/168662/4 "2019-03-18T20:49:52Z")
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